AVULSION
\ˈavʌlʃən], \ˈavʌlʃən], \ˈa_v_ʌ_l_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of AVULSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
By Princeton University
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A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
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The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
By Oddity Software
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A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
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The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The accidental or intentional tearing away of a part. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe