SOLIFLUCTION


Meaning of SOLIFLUCTION in English

/soh'leuh fluk"sheuhn, sol'euh-/ , n. Geol.

creep (def. 17a).

[ 1915-20; sol ( um ) soil + -i- -I- + fluction- a flowing (s. of fluctio ), equiv. to fluct ( us ) (see FLUCTUATE) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .