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Definition of Planation
1. Noun. The process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced.
Definition of Planation
1. Noun. (geology) The formation of a flat surface by erosion and deposition. ¹
2. Noun. (biology) The morphological transformation of a three-dimensional structure into a two-dimensional one through development or evolution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planation
Literary usage of Planation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"Dutton, the periodical destruction of their margins through river planation at
once upsets the equilibrium. When the stream finds the Fig. 15. ..."
2. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... planation which accompanied the letter. " THE DUKE OF CADORE to GENERAL ARMSTRONG.
" Paris, September 1th, 1810. " SIR,—You have done me the honour to ..."
3. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... of Marine and Fluvial planation. — Among those who admit the ability of
unlimited wave action to reduce a land mass to an abrasion platform below ..."
4. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"Comparative Rapidity of Marine and Fluvial planation. — Among those who admit
the ability of unlimited wave action to reduce a land mass to an abrasion ..."
5. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"valley by planation where the material is indurated. (Fairbanks.) This is because
gravity helps to pull the clay down, while upward movement, ..."
6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... before the bishop and receiving his instructions thereon ; and Van Espen
mentions a similar custom prevailing in Belgium. planation, by the vicar, ..."
7. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"Dutton, the periodical destruction of their margins through river planation at
once upsets the equilibrium. When the stream finds the Fig. 15. ..."
8. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... planation which accompanied the letter. " THE DUKE OF CADORE to GENERAL ARMSTRONG.
" Paris, September 1th, 1810. " SIR,—You have done me the honour to ..."
9. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... of Marine and Fluvial planation. — Among those who admit the ability of
unlimited wave action to reduce a land mass to an abrasion platform below ..."
10. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"Comparative Rapidity of Marine and Fluvial planation. — Among those who admit
the ability of unlimited wave action to reduce a land mass to an abrasion ..."
11. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"valley by planation where the material is indurated. (Fairbanks.) This is because
gravity helps to pull the clay down, while upward movement, ..."
12. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"... before the bishop and receiving his instructions thereon ; and Van Espen
mentions a similar custom prevailing in Belgium. planation, by the vicar, ..."
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