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carboniferous
(encz) | carboniferous,kamenouhelný Jiří Šmoldas |
carboniferous
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carboniferous
(encz) | Carboniferous,karbon n: [geol.] geologický útvar prvohor Pino |
Carboniferous
(gcide) | Carboniferous \Car`bon*if"er*ous\
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
[1913 Webster]
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period. See the
Diagram under Geology.
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carboniferous
(wn) | carboniferous
adj 1: of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era;
"carboniferous rock system"
2: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon [syn:
carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous]
n 1: from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn:
Carboniferous, Carboniferous period] |
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Carboniferous
(gcide) | Carboniferous \Car`bon*if"er*ous\
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
[1913 Webster]
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period. See the
Diagram under Geology.
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Carboniferous age
(gcide) | Carboniferous \Car`bon*if"er*ous\
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
[1913 Webster]
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period. See the
Diagram under Geology.
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Carboniferous formation
(gcide) | Carboniferous \Car`bon*if"er*ous\
(k[aum]r`b[o^]n*[i^]f"[~e]r*[u^]s), a. [Carbon + -ferous.]
Producing or containing carbon or coal.
[1913 Webster]
Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following
the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the
vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces
three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous,
and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen.
Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks
(including sandstones, shales, limestones, and
conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata
of the Carboniferous age or Carboniferous period. See the
Diagram under Geology.
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Lower Carboniferous period
(gcide) | Mississippian \Mississippian\ prop. n.
1. A geological period extending from from 310 million to 345
million years ago; it was associated with an increase of
land areas, the presence of primitive ammonites, and
emergence of winged insects; called also {Missippian
period} and Lower Carboniferous period.
Syn: Missippian period, Lower Carboniferous, Lower
Carboniferous period.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A resident of Mississippi.
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Subcarboniferous
(gcide) | Subcarboniferous \Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous\, a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous
formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a
marine formation characterized in general by beds of
limestone. -- n. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
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carboniferous period
(wn) | Carboniferous period
n 1: from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn:
Carboniferous, Carboniferous period] |
lower carboniferous
(wn) | Lower Carboniferous
n 1: from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land
areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects [syn:
Mississippian, Missippian period, {Lower
Carboniferous}, Lower Carboniferous period] |
lower carboniferous period
(wn) | Lower Carboniferous period
n 1: from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land
areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects [syn:
Mississippian, Missippian period, {Lower
Carboniferous}, Lower Carboniferous period] |
upper carboniferous
(wn) | Upper Carboniferous
n 1: from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate;
swampy land [syn: Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period,
Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period] |
upper carboniferous period
(wn) | Upper Carboniferous period
n 1: from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate;
swampy land [syn: Pennsylvanian, Pennsylvanian period,
Upper Carboniferous, Upper Carboniferous period] |
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