Miocene

See also: miocene, miocène, and Miocène

English

Alternative forms

• Meiocene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”) + καινός (kainós, “new”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪəsiːn/

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Adjective

Miocene (comparative more Miocene, superlative most Miocene)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position.

Translations

of the Miocene epoch

• Catalan: miocè, miocènic
• Finnish: mioseenikautinen
• Georgian: მიოცენური (miocenuri)
• Greek: μειόκαινος (el) (meiókainos)
• Hungarian: miocéni
• Polish: mioceński (pl)
• Portuguese: miocénico (Portugal), miocênico (Brazil), mioceno

Proper noun

Miocene

1. (geology) The Miocene epoch.

Translations

Miocene epoch

• Catalan: Miocè m
• Czech: miocén m
• Estonian: miotseen
• Finnish: mioseenikausi
• French: Miocène (fr) m
• Georgian: მიოცენი (mioceni), მიოცენის ეპოქა (miocenis eṗoka)
• German: Miozän (de) n
• Greek: Μειόκαινο (el) n (Meiókaino)
• Hungarian: miocén (hu)
• Italian: Miocene (it)
• Polish: miocen (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Mioceno m, Miocénico m (Portugal), Miocênico m (Brazil)
• Spanish: Mioceno m
• Swedish: miocen (sv)

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

• Miocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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