Pluvial
[plu:viәl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
(a.) Produced by the action of rain.
(n.) A priest's cope.
Typed by Howard
Definition
adj. pertaining to rain: rainy.—ns. Plu′viograph a self-recording rain-gauge; Pluviom′eter an instrument for measuring the amount of rain that falls.—adjs. Pluviomet′ric -al; Plu′vious rainy.
Typed by Irwin
Examples
- Bering Strait, when this came into existence, before or after the Pluvial Period, isolated the Amer-Indians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It has been called the Pluvial or Lacustrine Age, the rain or pond period. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typed by Irwin