fluviation

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Noun

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fluviation (usually uncountable, plural fluviations)

  1. (geology) Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
  2. (obsolete) Preparation of flax by soaking it in a stream.
    • 1683, Thomas Browne, Certain Miscellany Tracts, page 54:
      This was the first preparation of Flax, and before fluviation or rotting.

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