Natural action Uncommon

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Definitions

Noun

a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

"the action of natural forces"

"volcanic activity"

natural process natural action action activity

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

process

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

radiation absorption acidification adiabatic process aeration antiredeposition capture centrifugation chemical process chromatography concretion condensation convection curdling decay demagnetization desorption diffusion dissolution distillation drift effervescence electrophoresis establishment extinction extraction feedback filtration flocculation flow formation fossilization geological process hardening inactivation ion exchange ionization leach magnetization materialization nuclear reaction opacification oscillation oxygenation pair production phase change precession of the equinoxes release saltation scattering sericulture sink soak softening sorption source stiffening stimulation succession survival synergy temperature change transduction transpiration vitrification

Rhyming Words

ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion

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