| 单词 | geological time |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeological time geological time n. time measured with reference to geological events; the time which has elapsed since the formation of the earth and the beginning of the historical period. ΘΚΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > geological time geological time1826 geologic time1838 1826 Q. Jrnl. Jan. 205 [The lignites] form the link which, in some measure, unites coal and peat, so distant in geological time and place. 1862 T. H. Huxley in Notices & Proc. Royal Inst. 3 151 That vast series of Ages..which may be called ‘geological time’ (to distinguish it from the ‘historical time’ which followed, and the ‘pre-geological time’ which preceded it). 1875 J. Croll Climate & Time xix. 326 It is..impossible to form an adequate conception of the length of geological time. 1923 L. D. Stamp Introd. Stratigr. i. 5 Geological time is divided into five great Eras, and into a number of Periods. 1971 S. Smith in K. Dick Ivy & Stevie 50 It is heaven to think of geological time. 2007 T. Friend Third Domain iv. 120 A massive swath of Yellowstone National Park is a caldera—the crater of a supervolcano that has erupted like clockwork over geological time. < as lemmas |
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