infilling

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noun

infilled material

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Meanings

infilling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of infill

infilling2

nouninfilling (plural infillings)

plural infillings

  1. infilled material

    In central Shandong, Qizian Hill Cave (Yiyuan county) in the Tumen karst area yields fauna in infillings at several localities, and in the Xiaya Cave group, situated some 5-15 m above the valley floor, human remains are also known.

    1994, F. Clark Howell, “A Chronostratigraphic and Taxonomic Framework of the Origins of Modern Humans”, in Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki, editors, Origins of Anatomically Modern Humans, Plenum Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268

Origin

infilling · verb

From infill + -ing.

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infilling · noun

From infill + -ing and/or in- + filling.

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APA

infilling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infilling

MLA

“infilling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infilling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infilling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infilling.

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