pluvial

[ ploo-vee-uhl ]

/ ˈplu vi əl /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR pluvial ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.

Geology. occurring through the action of rain.

noun

Geology. a rainy period formerly regarded as coeval with a glacial age, but now recognized as episodic and, in the tropics, as characteristic of interglacial ages.

Origin of pluvial

1650–60; <Latin pluviālis, equivalent to pluvi(a) rain + -ālis-al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pluvial

in·ter·plu·vi·al, adjective

Words nearby pluvial

Plutonian, plutonic, plutonism, plutonium, Plutus, pluvial, pluviometer, Pluviôse, pluvious, ply, ply metal

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Example sentences from the Web for pluvial

From the Pluvial period to the present the valley has been the scene of frequent volcanic disturbances.
Biblical Geography and History|Charles Foster Kent
And this tete-a-tete decorated with flowers; and this pluvial cope in this case.
Cosmopolis, Complete|Paul Bourget
Scandinavian mythology, therefore, appears to regard the goat as essentially the one that makes fruitful, as a pluvial cloud.
Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)|Angelo de Gubernatis
The fish and the rain remind us of the myth of the phallical and pluvial cuckoo.
Zoological Mythology (Volume II)|Angelo de Gubernatis

During the pluvial periods when hydrosere-loving shrews populated the Great Basin, that region may have been a treeless grassland.
Speciation of the Wandering Shrew|James S. Findley

British Dictionary definitions for pluvial

pluvial

/ (ˈpluːvɪəl) /

adjective

of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainypluvial insurance

noun

geology of or relating to rainfall or precipitation

a climate characterized by persistent heavy rainfall, esp one occurring in unglaciated regions during the Pleistocene epoch

Word Origin for pluvial

C17: from Latin pluviālis rainy, from pluvia rain

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for pluvial

pluvial

[ plōō′vē-əl ]

Relating to or caused by rain.

单词	pluvial
释义	pluvial [ ploo-vee-uhl ] / ˈplu vi əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pluvial ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy. Geology. occurring through the action of rain. noun Geology. a rainy period formerly regarded as coeval with a glacial age, but now recognized as episodic and, in the tropics, as characteristic of interglacial ages. Origin of pluvial 1650–60; <Latin pluviālis, equivalent to pluvi(a) rain + -ālis-al¹ OTHER WORDS FROM pluvial in·ter·plu·vi·al, adjective Words nearby pluvial Plutonian, plutonic, plutonism, plutonium, Plutus, pluvial, pluviometer, Pluviôse, pluvious, ply, ply metal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pluvial From the Pluvial period to the present the valley has been the scene of frequent volcanic disturbances. Biblical Geography and History\|Charles Foster Kent And this tete-a-tete decorated with flowers; and this pluvial cope in this case. Cosmopolis, Complete\|Paul Bourget Scandinavian mythology, therefore, appears to regard the goat as essentially the one that makes fruitful, as a pluvial cloud. Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)\|Angelo de Gubernatis The fish and the rain remind us of the myth of the phallical and pluvial cuckoo. Zoological Mythology (Volume II)\|Angelo de Gubernatis During the pluvial periods when hydrosere-loving shrews populated the Great Basin, that region may have been a treeless grassland. Speciation of the Wandering Shrew\|James S. Findley British Dictionary definitions for pluvial pluvial / (ˈpluːvɪəl) / adjective of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainypluvial insurance noun geology of or relating to rainfall or precipitation a climate characterized by persistent heavy rainfall, esp one occurring in unglaciated regions during the Pleistocene epoch Word Origin for pluvial C17: from Latin pluviālis rainy, from pluvia rain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pluvial moist, damp, stormy, wet, hyetal, pluvious, showery Scientific definitions for pluvial pluvial [ plōō′vē-əl ] Relating to or caused by rain. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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pluvial

adjective

noun

Origin of pluvial

OTHER WORDS FROM pluvial

Words nearby pluvial

Example sentences from the Web for pluvial

British Dictionary definitions for pluvial

adjective

noun

Word Origin for pluvial

Words related to pluvial

Scientific definitions for pluvial