Moscovianadj.n.

Brit.

/mɒsˈkəʊvɪən/, U.S.

/mɑsˈkoʊviən/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Russian lexical item. Etymons: English Moscovian , Muscovian adj.

Etymology: < Moscovian, variant of Muscovian adj., after French moscovien or Russian moskovskij (S. Nikitin 1890, in Mém. du Comité géol. russe 5 No. 5. 147).

Geology.

A. adj.

Designating a division of the Upper Carboniferous in eastern Europe and Asia (see also quot. 1903); of or relating to this division. Cf. Westphalian adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1895 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 48 410 The Moscovian series comprises, in Russia, a series of limestones, marls, and clays of considerable thickness.

1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. 1051 The Carboniferous system of the European continent has been grouped by some geologists in three major divisions:..2nd, the Middle (Westphalian where of the lagoon type; Moscovian where, as in Russia, of the marine type).

1966 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 53 280/2 Stratigraphic position. Coal balls in coal K₈ in the upper part of unit C⁵₂, Moscovian age, middle Carboniferous of..the Donetz Basin, USSR.

2002 D. Hallett Petroleum Geol. Libya iii. 138/2 170m of Moscovian oolitic limestone, shaly limestones and sandstones have been penetrated in well A1-NC 92.

B. n.

The Moscovian division of the Upper Carboniferous; the rocks deposited during this time. Cf. Westphalian n. 2 and the note there.

ΚΠ

1900 Proc. University of Durham Philos. Soc. 1 106 This limestone is the so-called Moscovian, the middle division of the system in Russia.

1925 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 213 231 They include a more acid type than the Moscovian of eastern Yunnan.

1935 Science 1 Mar. 216/1 The Asturian orogeny broke out between the Westphalian and Stephanian of Western Europe or the Moscovian and Uralian of Eastern Europe.

1994 Science 22 July 499/3 The Fort Scott Limestone of Middle Pennsylvanian age, correlative with the European Moscovian and Westphalian D some 305 million years old.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moscovian
释义	Moscovianadj.n. Brit. /mɒsˈkəʊvɪən/, U.S. /mɑsˈkoʊviən/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Russian lexical item. Etymons: English Moscovian , Muscovian adj. Etymology: < Moscovian, variant of Muscovian adj., after French moscovien or Russian moskovskij (S. Nikitin 1890, in Mém. du Comité géol. russe 5 No. 5. 147). Geology. A. adj. Designating a division of the Upper Carboniferous in eastern Europe and Asia (see also quot. 1903); of or relating to this division. Cf. Westphalian adj. 2. ΚΠ 1895 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 48 410 The Moscovian series comprises, in Russia, a series of limestones, marls, and clays of considerable thickness. 1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) II. 1051 The Carboniferous system of the European continent has been grouped by some geologists in three major divisions:..2nd, the Middle (Westphalian where of the lagoon type; Moscovian where, as in Russia, of the marine type). 1966 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 53 280/2 Stratigraphic position. Coal balls in coal K₈ in the upper part of unit C⁵₂, Moscovian age, middle Carboniferous of..the Donetz Basin, USSR. 2002 D. Hallett Petroleum Geol. Libya iii. 138/2 170m of Moscovian oolitic limestone, shaly limestones and sandstones have been penetrated in well A1-NC 92. B. n. The Moscovian division of the Upper Carboniferous; the rocks deposited during this time. Cf. Westphalian n. 2 and the note there. ΚΠ 1900 Proc. University of Durham Philos. Soc. 1 106 This limestone is the so-called Moscovian, the middle division of the system in Russia. 1925 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 213 231 They include a more acid type than the Moscovian of eastern Yunnan. 1935 Science 1 Mar. 216/1 The Asturian orogeny broke out between the Westphalian and Stephanian of Western Europe or the Moscovian and Uralian of Eastern Europe. 1994 Science 22 July 499/3 The Fort Scott Limestone of Middle Pennsylvanian age, correlative with the European Moscovian and Westphalian D some 305 million years old. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1895
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