corrivation

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noun

The flowing of different streams into one.

OriginLatin corrivatio →
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Meanings

nouncorrivation (countable and uncountable, plural corrivations)

plural corrivations

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe flowing of different streams into one.

    […] and so likewise about corrivations of water to moisten and refresh barren grounds, to drain fens, bogs, and moors.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
  2. countableuncountableThe concentration of waters from a watershed to a remote outlet.

Origin

  1. Latincorrivatio
  2. Englishcorrivation

From Latin corrivatio.

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Translations

Italian corrivazione
  • corrivazioneconcentration of waters
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APA

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Chicago

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