English Explanatory Dictionary

fluviation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
  2. Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream.

Word forms

fluviation fluviations

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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