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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diluvial \Di*lu"vi*al\, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]
1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great
deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.
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2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of
water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified
deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar
unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice.
The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
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