eluviation
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
eluviation (countable and uncountable, plural eluviations)
- (soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall
- (geology, uncountable) Creation of geological deposits (eluvial deposits) by in situ weathering or weathering plus gravitational movement or accumulation.