LYELL

Meaning of LYELL in English

Pronunciation: ' l ī - ə l

Function: biographical name

Sir Charles 1797-1875 Brit. geologist

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LYELL — biographical name Sir Charles 1797-1875 British geologist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LYELL — /luy"euhl/ , n. Sir Charles , 1797-1875, English geologist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYELL — biographical name Sir Charles 1797-1875 British geologist
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYELL — Lyell BrE AmE ˈlaɪ‿ ə l
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LYELL, SIR CHARLES — born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1875, London, Eng. Scottish geologist. While studying law at the …
Английский словарь Британика
LYELL, SIR CHARLES, BARONET — born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1875, London Scottish geologist largely responsible for the general acceptance …
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LYELL, MOUNT — mining area, western Tasmania, Australia. The site, discovered in the 1880s, derives its name from a 2,900-ft (880-m) peak in …
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LYELL, SIR CHARLES — born Nov. 14, 1797, Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1875, London, Eng. Scottish geologist. While studying law at the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LYELL, CHARLES — (1797-1875) founder of modern geology; wrote Principles of Geology ; the earth has changed slowly and gradually through the ages …
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
UNIFORMITARIANISM — Doctrine in geology that physical, chemical, and biologic processes now at work on and within the Earth have operated with …
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SIR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Alma …
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CHARLES — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Adams Charles Francis Addams Charles Samuel Atlas Charles Babbage Charles Barkley Charles Wade Charles …
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BORNITE — Common copper-ore mineral, copper and iron sulfide (Cu 5 FeS 4 ). Typical occurrences are found in Mount Lyell, Tasmania; …
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SURCHARGE — I. ˈsərˌchärj, ˈsə̄ˌchȧj, ˈsəiˌchȧj sometimes ˌsərˈ- or sə̄ˈ- or səiˈ- transitive verb Etymology: Middle English surchargen, from Middle French surcharger, …
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SCOUR — I. ˈskau̇(ə)r, -au̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English scuren, scouren, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skura …
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PARTING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English partinge, parting, from gerund of parten to part 1. archaic : departure …
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GULF — I. ˈgəlf, ˈgəu̇f noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English goulf, golf, from Middle French golfe, from …
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REDEEM — rə̇ˈdēm, rēˈ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English redemen, modification (perhaps influenced by demen to judge, deem) of Middle …
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PAINFUL — ˈpānfəl adjective ( sometimes pain·ful·ler sometimes pain·ful·lest ) Etymology: Middle English painefull, peynefull, from paine, peyne pain + -full, -ful …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALUNS — (n.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as …
Английский словарь Webster
FALUNS — noun a series of strata, of the middle tertiary period, of france, abounding in shells, and used by lyell as …
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UNIFORMITARIANISM — in geology, the doctrine that existing processes acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at …
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LEPIDOPTERAN
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GEOCHRONOLOGY — scientific study concerned with the sequence of geologic events in the history of the Earth. Geologic history provides a conceptual …
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BORNITE — a copper-ore mineral, copper and iron sulfide (Cu5FeS4). Typical occurrences are found in Mount Lyell, Tasmania; Chile; Peru; and Butte, …
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TERTIARY PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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TASMANIA, FLAG OF — Australian flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with the Union Jack in the canton and, at the fly …
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TASMANIA — Australia formerly Van Diemen's Land island state of Australia, lying off the southeastern corner of the continent. formerly Van Diemen's …
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SAINT CLAIR, LAKE — lake in west-central Tasmania, Australia, lying at the southern boundary of Cradle MountainLake St. Clair National Park at the terminus …
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QUEENSTOWN — town, western Tasmania, Australia. It lies in the west-coast ranges, in the Queen River valley. Founded in 1897 after the …
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CENOZOIC ERA — the third of the major eras of Earth history and the interval of time during which the continents assumed their …
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BLAINEY, GEOFFREY — born March 11, 1930, Melbourne, Vic., Australia in full Geoffrey Norman Blainey Australian historian, teacher, and writer known for his …
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