miocene
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/ˈmaɪəsiːn/
Definition of miocene
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)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.
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adj
- (not-comparable)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.
name
- The Miocene epoch.
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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. By surface analysis, meio- + -cene.
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