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pluvial

[ ploo-vee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.
  2. Geology. occurring through the action of rain.


noun

  1. 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.

pluvial

/ ˈpluːvɪəl /

adjective

  1. of, characterized by, or due to the action of rain; rainy

    pluvial insurance

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noun

  1. geology of or relating to rainfall or precipitation
  2. a climate characterized by persistent heavy rainfall, esp one occurring in unglaciated regions during the Pleistocene epoch
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pluvial

/ plo̅o̅vē-əl /

  1. Relating to or caused by rain.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pluvial1

1650–60; < Latin pluviālis, equivalent to pluvi ( a ) rain + -ālis -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pluvial1

C17: from Latin pluviālis rainy, from pluvia rain
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Example Sentences

The pluvial autumn wind came sweeping along between the rows of houses.

Miquel y Bada mentions a magnificent velvet pluvial in gold and three colours, belonging to a church in Catalua.

From the Pluvial period to the present the valley has been the scene of frequent volcanic disturbances.

And this tete-a-tete decorated with flowers; and this pluvial cope in this case.

During the pluvial periods when hydrosere-loving shrews populated the Great Basin, that region may have been a treeless grassland.

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