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单词 eluviation
释义

eluviation

[ ih-loo-vee-ey-shuhn ]
/ ɪˌlu viˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

the movement through the soil of materials brought into suspension or dissolved by the action of water.

Origin of eluviation

First recorded in 1925–30; eluviate + -ion

Words nearby eluviation

elution, elutriate, elutriator, eluvial, eluviate, eluviation, eluvium, Elva, elve, elver, elves
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British Dictionary definitions for eluviation

eluviation
/ (ɪˌluːvɪˈeɪʃən) /

noun

the process by which material suspended in water is removed from one layer of soil to another by the action of rainfall or chemical decomposition

Word Origin for eluviation

C20: from eluvium
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 eluviation

eluviation
[ ĭ-lōō′vē-āshən ]

The lateral or downward movement of the suspended material in soil through the percolation of water. Eluviation differs from leaching in that it affects suspended, not dissolved, material and usually results only in the movement of the material from one soil horizon to another.
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