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fluviation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flu-vi-a-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.

Uncountable

noun

Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Latin fluviātiō, from fluviātus (“fluviated”) + -iō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from fluvius (“river”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming adjectives”) as if from a verb fluviō. Equivalent to fluviated + -ion.

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Inflected Forms

fluviations (plural)

Questions

What does fluviation mean?
Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
Where does fluviation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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