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.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪəsiːn/

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Adjective

Miocene (not comparable)

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

References

1. Charles Lyell (1833) Principles of Geology, volume III, book IV, page 392

Further reading

• Miocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ocimene