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Eolian

[ee-oh-lee-uhn]

Origin

adjective

(lowercase) Geology. noting or pertaining to sand or rock material carried or arranged by the wind.

Aeolian.

noun

Aeolian (def. 3).

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Eolian is always a great word to know.

So is strata. Does it mean:

single bed of sedimentary rock, consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition

central portion of the earth believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state

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Origin:
1920–25

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Aeolian or Eolian (iːˈəʊlɪən)

—n
1.	a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Thessaly and Boeotia and colonized Lesbos and parts of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor

—*adj*
2.	of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Aeolic
3.	of or relating to Aeolus
4.	See also Hypo- denoting or relating to an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from A to A: the basis of the modern minor key

Eolian or Eolian

—n

—*adj*

Eolian (iːˈəʊlɪən)

—*adj*, —n
	a variant spelling of Aeolian

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eolian

see Aeolian.

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eolian also aeolian (ē-ō'lē-ən) Pronunciation Key
Relating to, caused by, or carried by the wind. Loess is an eolian deposit.