HERCYNIAN

Meaning of HERCYNIAN in English

adj. Geol. of a mountain-forming time in the E. hemisphere in the late Palaeozoic era.

Etymology: L Hercynia silva forested mountains of central Germany

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

HERCYNIAN — (|)hər|sinēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Hercynia ( silva ) Hercynian forest + English -an 1. : of or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERCYNIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the …
Английский словарь Webster
HERCYNIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HERCYNIAN — adj of or pertaining to an extensive forest in germany, of which there are still portions in swabia and the …
Webster English vocab
HERCYNIAN — [ hə:'sɪnɪən ] ■ adjective Geology denoting a major mountain-forming period in western Europe, eastern North America, and the Andes, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HERCYNIAN — adj. Geol. of a mountain-forming time in the E. hemisphere in the late Palaeozoic era. [L Hercynia silva forested mountains …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HERCYNIAN — adj. Geol. of a mountain-forming time in the E. hemisphere in the late Palaeozoic era. [ L Hercynia silva forested …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HERCYNIAN — герцинский (геология) герцинский
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERCYNIAN — герцинский (геология) герцинский
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERCYNIAN — a геол. герцинский
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HERCYNIAN — (a) герцинский
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HERCYNIAN — a геол. герцинский
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HERCYNIAN — a геол. герцинский
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HERCYNIAN — герцинский (геология) герцинский
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERCYNIAN — герцинский (геология) герцинский
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HERCYNIAN OROGENIC BELT — also called Variscan Orogenic Belt, series of mountain ranges that developed during the Devonian Period (which occurred about 408 to …
Britannica English vocabulary
ARMORICAN — I. (ˈ)är|mȯrə̇kən, -mär- adjective also ar·mor·ic -rik Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: armorican from Latin Armoricae (plural) Armorica, region comprising the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HERCYNITE — /herr"seuh nuyt'/ , n. a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group. [ Hercynit (1839), …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMORICAN — [ α :'mɒrɪk(ə)n ] ■ adjective 1》 relating to Armorica, an ancient region of NW France. 2》 Geology another term …
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PLATE TECTONICS — theory that the lithosphere (the outer part of solid Earth) is divided into a small number of plates that float …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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NORTH AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Additional reading General works Overviews of North …
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MASSIF CENTRAL — upland area in south-central France. Bordered by the lowlands of Aquitaine on the west, the Paris Basin and the Loire …
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GREECE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from the Byzantine period, beginning about AD 300, to the present. For earlier periods, see Aegean …
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COAL MEASURES — major division of Upper Carboniferous rocks and time in Great Britain (the Upper Carboniferous Period began about 325,000,000 years ago …
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CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. fifth interval of …
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BERTRAND, MARCEL-ALEXANDRE — born July 2, 1847, Paris, Fr. died Feb. 13, 1907, Paris French geologist who introduced the theory that certain mountains, …
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BELGIUM — Government Belgium is a constitutional monarchy. Under the terms of the Belgian constitution, national executive power is vested in the …
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ARMORICAN MASSIF — French Massif Armoricain, flattened erosional upland, or peneplain, encompassing the western French dpartements of Finistre, Ctes-d'Armor, Morbihan, and Ille-et-Vilaine and …
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APPALACHIAN OROGENIC BELT — an old mountain range that extends for more than 3,000 km (1,860 miles) along the eastern margin of North America …
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