| 释义 |
nummuline, a. and n. Geol.|ˈnʌmjʊlaɪn|
[f. as prec. + -ine1.]
A. adj. Nummulitic.
1865Carpenter in Intellect. Obs. May 291 These tubuli, as in the existing representatives of the Nummuline series, usually run parallel to each other. 1875Dawson Dawn of Life vii. 185 The nummuline-layer..unmistakably occurs in cracks or fissures, both in Canadian and Connemara ophite.
B. n. A nummulite.
1879Carpenter in Encycl. Brit. IX. 384/2 The same irregularities in the grouping of the tubuli that..we find in recent Nummulines. |