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Webster 1913 Edition


Alluvial

Al-lu′vi-al

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
alluvial
. See
Alluvion
.]
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another;
as,
alluvial
soil, mud, accumulations, deposits
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alluvial

ALLU'VIAL

,
Adj.
[See alluvion.]
1.
Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.
2.
Washed ashore or down a stream; formed by a current of water; as, alluval ores; alluvial soil.

Definition 2024


alluvial

alluvial

English

Adjective

alluvial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.
    • 1992, Anna K. Behrensmeyer & Robert W. Hook, "Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic Modes" in, Terrestrial Ecosystems through Time, page 35.
      Soils are a prominent feature of floodplain environments, and we include them in this section because most of the available information on ancient soils pertains to alluvial examples, aside from those in Quaternary-Recent time.

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Noun

alluvial (plural alluvials)

  1. A deposition of sediment over a long period of time by a river; an alluvial layer.
  2. Alluvial soil; specifically, in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil.

Usage notes

  • The noun is normally used in the plural by engineers who recover valuable minerals from these layers.

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French

Adjective

alluvial m (feminine singular alluviale, masculine plural alluviaux, feminine plural alluviales)

  1. alluvial