eluviation

noun

elu·​vi·​a·​tion (ˌ)ē-ˌlü-vē-ˈā-shən 

: the transportation of dissolved or suspended material within the soil by the movement of water when rainfall exceeds evaporation

eluvial

ē-ˈlü-vē-əl 

adjective

eluviated

ē-ˈlü-vē-ā-təd 

adjective

Word History

Etymology

eluvi- (as in eluvium "rock debris produced by weathering in situ," formed on the model of alluvium, colluvium from Latin ēluere "to wash clean, remove by washing") + -ation — more at elute

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eluviation

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration