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diluvial

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di·lu·vi·al  (d-lv-l) also di·lu·vi·an (-n)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by a flood.

[Late Latin dluvilis, from Latin dluvium, flood, from dluere, to wash away; see dilute.]

diluvial [daɪˈluːvɪəl dɪ-], diluvian
adj
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) of or connected with a deluge, esp with the great Flood described in Genesis
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) of or relating to diluvium
[from Late Latin dīluviālis; see diluvium]

diluvial  (d-lv-l)
Relating to or produced by a flood.
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Adj.1.diluvial - of or connected with a deluge
Translations
diluvial, diluvian
adj(Sint)flut-, sintflutartig


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Natural selection can act only by the preservation and accumulation of infinitesimally small inherited modifications, each profitable to the preserved being; and as modern geology has almost banished such views as the excavation of a great valley by a single diluvial wave, so will natural selection, if it be a true principle, banish the belief of the continued creation of new organic beings, or of any great and sudden modification in their structure.
 
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