post-diˈluvial, a.
[f. as next + -al1.]
a. Geol. Posterior to the diluvial or drift period. b. gen. = post-diluvian.
| 1823 Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 190 The diluvial and post⁓diluvial formations I am now speaking of. 1884 J. Tait Mind in Matter (1892) 194 The postdiluvial period presents man with a knowledge of the dangerous tendencies of human nature, and the retributive consequences. |