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語源

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]

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪəsiːn/

形容詞

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.

固有名詞

Miocene

1. (geology) The Miocene epoch.

参考

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

参照

Further reading

• Miocene on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• ocimene