ALVEOLIZATION

alveolization: translation

   (From the Latin word ‘alveolatus,’ meaning hollowed out.) Pitting of a rock surface produced by wind loaded with sand, by water charged with carbonic acid, or by plant roots [10]. See also alveolar.

   Synonyms: (French.) alvéolisation; (German.) Aeolisation ? Wabenverwitterung; (Greek.) kypselothis epiphania; (Italian.) alveolizzazione; (Spanish.) alveolizacion; (Turkish.) çukurlaÕma; (Yugoslavian.) alveolizacija.