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planation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away |
| Derivation | plane |
Examples of planation
planation
Following a strike in 1951, planation employees are given the right to purchase their homes.
From the sfgate.com
The interior feels like a French planation home in Vietnam.
From the sfgate.com
Once dominated by a sugar planation, Paia attracts a relaxed crowd of windsurfers from nearby Hookipa beach.
From the sacbee.com
Ten-year-old Iris recognises this peculiarity but does not receive an ex-planation because it is gripped too tightly by pain and seemingly, regret.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
The family's planation was confiscated by the Sandinistas, but through self-determination they have re-established themselves in the middle class.
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These areas are very different from the abstract notions of commercial conifer planation I keep seeing in arguments to justify this type of woodland being sold off.
From the guardian.co.uk
- The process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced
- Planation is a geomorphic process which creates nearly flat surfaces by fluvial (river), eolian (wind) and marine processes. The process is erosional and takes millions of years, and its legacy from the tertiary period (65-2Ma) is present in many of today's landscapes. ...
- The process of eroding the Earth's surface to a plane. This commonly happens by the action of the sea (marine planation), gently rising across the landscape. The efficient erosion along the coast line planes down the topography over time.
- The grading of an area by any erosive process, subaerial or marine.
