Definitions for nivation

nivation ni·va·tion

Spelling: [nahy-vey-shuh n]
IPA: /naɪˈveɪ ʃən/

Nivation is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in nivation (aiinnotv).

Definitions for nivation

noun

  1. erosion resulting from the action of frost beneath a snowbank.

Origin of nivation

1895-1900; Latin niv- (stem of nix) snow + -ation

Examples for nivation

It would at first sight appear impossible to distinguish between these changes through the results of nivation.

Thus far only those volcanoes have been considered which have been modified by nivation.

He has adequately shown the manner in which that phase of nivation is expressed which we find at the border of the snow.

The process of nivation, or snow erosion, does not always produce visible effects.

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