Eoceneadj.

/ˈiːəsiːn/

Etymology: < Greek ἠώς dawn (see eo- comb. form) + καινός new, recent.

Geology.

1. The epithet applied to the lowest division of the Tertiary strata, and to the geological period which they represent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > tertiary or Cainozoic > specific

Eocene1831

Pliocene1835

Miocene1842

post-Pliocene1852

Oligocene1856

Palaeocene1877

Palaeogene1882

Lutetian1895

Tortonian1931

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene

Eocene1831

Lutetian1895

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene

London clay1830

Eocene1831

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene

Eocene1831

1831 W. Whewell Let. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 111 I propose for your four terms 1 acene, 2 eocene, 3 miocene, 4 pliocene.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) III. 54 The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene.

1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) vii. 174 The eocene group is characterised by a total absence of cycadeæ.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 214 The Eocene rocks once spread over the whole surface of this chalk.

figurative.1856 C. Darwin Let. 17 June (1887) II. 73 His Geology also is rather eocene as I told him.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 103 These eocene periods of the day are not fitted for sustaining the human forms of life.1870 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. Its deep roots shot back into the eocene strata of civilisation.

2. quasi-n.

ΚΠ

1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) xi. 370 1. Upper Eocene. 2. Middle Eocene. 3. Lower Eocene.

figurative.1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema II. xxxvi. 221 The calm deep eocene of British rural mind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	eocene
释义	Eoceneadj. /ˈiːəsiːn/ Etymology: < Greek ἠώς dawn (see eo- comb. form) + καινός new, recent. Geology. 1. The epithet applied to the lowest division of the Tertiary strata, and to the geological period which they represent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > tertiary or Cainozoic > specific Eocene1831 Pliocene1835 Miocene1842 post-Pliocene1852 Oligocene1856 Palaeocene1877 Palaeogene1882 Lutetian1895 Tortonian1931 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene Eocene1831 Lutetian1895 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene London clay1830 Eocene1831 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > tertiary or Cenozoic > Eocene Eocene1831 1831 W. Whewell Let. in I. Todhunter William Whewell (1876) II. 111 I propose for your four terms 1 acene, 2 eocene, 3 miocene, 4 pliocene. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) III. 54 The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) vii. 174 The eocene group is characterised by a total absence of cycadeæ. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 214 The Eocene rocks once spread over the whole surface of this chalk. figurative.1856 C. Darwin Let. 17 June (1887) II. 73 His Geology also is rather eocene as I told him.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 103 These eocene periods of the day are not fitted for sustaining the human forms of life.1870 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. Its deep roots shot back into the eocene strata of civilisation. 2. quasi-n. ΚΠ 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) xi. 370 1. Upper Eocene. 2. Middle Eocene. 3. Lower Eocene. figurative.1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema II. xxxvi. 221 The calm deep eocene of British rural mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1831
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