continentalization

noun

Modification to a continental form

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Meanings

nouncontinentalization (plural continentalizations)

plural continentalizations

  1. Modification to a continental form

    In this way the model captures the gradual continentalization of weather (aridification) as air moves inland.

    2015 August 6, “Topographic Evolution and Climate Aridification during Continental Collision: Insights from Computer Simulations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From continental + -ization.

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