diluvial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to, caused by, or deposited by a great flood

   The geologist once attributed the gravel terrace to a diluvial event.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to the biblical Flood

   The older treatise offered a diluvial explanation for the scattered boulders.

From Late Latin diluvialis, from Latin diluvium ("flood, deluge"). In early geology, diluvial often described deposits attributed to an immense flood, especially the biblical Flood; modern geology generally uses more specific terms for flood deposits.

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