Medithermaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˌmiːdɪˈθəːml/, U.S.

/ˌmidiˈθərm(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medi- comb. form, thermal adj.

Etymology: < medi- comb. form + thermal adj. Compare Anathermal adj. and Altithermal adj.

Ecology and Archaeology.

Designating or relating to the most recent climatic phase in the Holocene of North America, following the Altithermal phase (from about 2500 b.c.) and characterized by a gradually cooling climate in central and western regions. Also as n.

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1948 Bull. Univ. Utah 38 176 (table) Medithermal... Moderately warm.

1953 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 61 204/1 This age of higher temperature has been named the Altithermal;..that of moderate temperature, the Medithermal.

1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 531/1 It may be said that the Holocene is marked by three temperature substages... Late stage, ‘medithermal’, cooling, locally and briefly marked by little ice ages.

1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) i. 17 They declined and during the Medithermal, corresponding to the Sub-atlantic of temperate Europe, they fell slightly below those of the present.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medithermal
释义	Medithermaladj.n. Brit. /ˌmiːdɪˈθəːml/, U.S. /ˌmidiˈθərm(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medi- comb. form, thermal adj. Etymology: < medi- comb. form + thermal adj. Compare Anathermal adj. and Altithermal adj. Ecology and Archaeology. Designating or relating to the most recent climatic phase in the Holocene of North America, following the Altithermal phase (from about 2500 b.c.) and characterized by a gradually cooling climate in central and western regions. Also as n. ΚΠ 1948 Bull. Univ. Utah 38 176 (table) Medithermal... Moderately warm. 1953 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 61 204/1 This age of higher temperature has been named the Altithermal;..that of moderate temperature, the Medithermal. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 531/1 It may be said that the Holocene is marked by three temperature substages... Late stage, ‘medithermal’, cooling, locally and briefly marked by little ice ages. 1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) i. 17 They declined and during the Medithermal, corresponding to the Sub-atlantic of temperate Europe, they fell slightly below those of the present. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1948
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