Miocene

miocene miocène Miocène English Alternative forms en Meiocene Etymology From en grc μείων less + grc καινός new. en William Whewell English polymath 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.Charles Lyell Charles Lyell Principles of Geology 1833 III book IV https://archive.org/details/principlesgeolo27lyelgoog/page/n398/mode/1up 392 en meio- -cene 1. Pronunciation en /ˈmaɪəsiːn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Miocene.wav Southern England Adjective - en 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: ca miocè, ca miocènic Finnish: fi mioseenikautinen Georgian: ka მიოცენური Greek: el μειόκαινος Hungarian: hu miocéni Polish: pl mioceński Portuguese: pt miocénico Portugal, pt miocênico Brazil, pt mioceno Proper noun en geology The Miocene epoch. Derived terms en Miocenic Translations Miocene epoch Catalan: ca Miocè m Czech: cs miocén m Dutch: nl mioceen n Estonian: et miotseen Finnish: fi mioseenikausi French: fr Miocène m Georgian: ka მიოცენი, ka მიოცენის ეპოქა German: de Miozän n Greek: el Μειόκαινο n Hungarian: hu miocén Italian: it Miocene Polish: pl miocen m-in Portuguese: pt Mioceno m, pt Miocénico m Portugal, pt Miocênico m Brazil Spanish: es Mioceno m Swedish: sv miocen See also Appendix:Geologic timescale References Further reading Anagrams en ceeimno ocimene en 3-syllable words terms suffixed with -cene