Bodenbildung
German
Etymology
Boden (“ground; soil; bottom”) + Bildung (“formation; creation”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboːdn̩ˌbɪldʊŋ/
Hyphenation
Hyphenation: Bo‧den‧bil‧dung
Noun
Bodenbildung f (genitive Bodenbildung, plural Bodenbildungen)
- (pedology) soil formation; pedogenesis (the process by which soil is created through the weathering of rocks and organic matter)
- (technical) sedimentation; sludge formation (the accumulation of deposits at the bottom of a container or tank)
- (medicine) granulation (the formation of a base layer of tissue during wound healing)
- (finance, technical analysis) bottoming out (a chart pattern indicating a potential trend reversal)
Declension
Declension of Bodenbildung [feminine]
Related terms
- Bodenhorizont (soil horizon)
- Bodenart (soil type)
- Sedimentbildung (sediment formation)
See also
- Verwitterung (weathering)
- Ablagerung (deposit; sediment)
- Pedogenese (pedogenesis)
Further reading
- Bodenbildung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de