Diluvium

[di'lu:vjәm]

Definition

(n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.

Typed by Alphonse

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Geol.) Drift.

Checked by Brady

Definition

n. an inundation or flood: (geol.) a deposit of sand gravel &c. made by extraordinary currents of water—also Dilū′vion.—adjs. Dilū′vial Dilū′vian pertaining to a flood esp. that in the time of Noah: caused by a deluge: composed of diluvium.—n. Dilū′vialist one who explains geological phenomena by the Flood.

Typist: Vivienne