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solifluction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-lifluc-tion
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin solum (“soil”) + -i- + fluctiō (“act of flowing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

solifluctions (plural) solifluxion (alternative)

Derived Forms

solifluctional

Frequently Paired Words

gelifluction slud

Questions

What does solifluction mean?
Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.
Where does solifluction come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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