Definition of Eluviation

1. Noun. (context: soil science countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall ¹

2. Noun. (context: geology uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by ''in situ'' weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eluviation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eluviation

elutors
elutriate
elutriated
elutriates
elutriating
elutriation
elutriations
elutriator
elutriators
eluvia
eluvial
eluviate
eluviated
eluviates
eluviating
eluviation (current term)
eluviations
eluvium
eluviums
eluxated
eluxation
elvan
elvanite
elvanites
elvans
elve
elven
elver
elvers
elves

Literary usage of Eluviation

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1. The Encyclopædic Dictionary of Photography: Containing Over 2,000 References by Walter E. Woodbury (1896)
"eluviation.—A term applied to the process of separating, by means of water, the finer particles of a powder from the heavier ones. ..."

2. Ecology & Management of the Commerically Harvested American Matsutake Mushroom by David Hosford, David Pilz, Randy Molina, Michael Amaranthus (1997)
"... highly decomposed layer E = soil horizon of maximum eluviation EB = thin transition layer B = soil horizon of maximum illuviation Figures 10 through 13 ..."

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