English-Thai Dictionary

alluvion

N น้ำท่วม  flood nam-thuam

 

alluvion

N ผืนดิน ที่เกิด จาก สิ่ง ที่ น้ำ พัดพา มา ทับถม  phuen-din-ti-koed-jak-sing-ti-nam-phad-pha-ma-thab-thom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALLUVION, ALLUVIUM

n.[L. alluvio, of ad and lavo or luo, alluo, to wash. See Lave. ] 1. The insensible increase of earth on a shore, or bank of a river, by the force of water, as by a current or by waves. The owner of the land thus augmented has a right to the alluvial earth.
2. A gradual washing or carrying of earth or other substances to a shore or bank; the earth thus added.
3. The mass of substances collected by means of the action of water.
In this alluvium was found the entire skeleton of a whale.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALLUVION

Al *lu "vi *on, n. Etym: [F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave. ]

 

1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

 

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell.

 

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia ] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

 

4. (Law )

 

Defn: An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alluvion

al lu vi on |əˈlo͞ovēən əˈluviən | ▶noun Law the action of the sea or a river in forming new land by deposition. Compare with avulsion. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a flood, esp. one in which the water carries suspended material that is then deposited ): from French, from Latin alluvion-, from ad- ‘toward ’ + luere ‘to wash. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

alluvion

alluvion |əˈl (j )uːvɪən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly Law the action of the sea or a river in adding to the area of land by deposition. Compare with avulsion. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a flood, especially one carrying suspended material which is then deposited ): from French, from Latin alluvio (n- ), from ad- ‘towards ’ + luere ‘to wash ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Alluvion

Al lu vi on Substantiv, feminin Geologie , die |Alluvi o n |lateinisch ; »das Anspülen, die Anschwemmung «neu angeschwemmtes Land an Fluss-, Seeufern und Meeresküsten

 

French Dictionary

alluvion

alluvion n. f. nom féminin Dépôt de terre, de sable apporté par les eaux courantes. : Des alluvions anciennes. Note Technique Attention au genre féminin de ce nom: une alluvion.

 

alluvionnaire

alluvionnaire adj. adjectif Relatif aux alluvions. Note Orthographique a ll uvionnaire.

 

alluvionner

alluvionner v. intr. verbe intransitif Déposer des alluvions, en parlant d ’un cours d ’eau. aimer Note Orthographique a ll uvionner.