Diluvial

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diluvial
       adj : of or connected with a deluge [syn: {diluvian}]