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单词 paralic
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paralicadj.

Brit. /pəˈralɪk/, U.S. /pəˈrælɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from German, combined with an English element. Etymons: German paralisch , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < paral- (in German paralisch (C. F. Naumann Lehrb. d. Geognosie (1852) II. ii. vii. 452) < ancient Greek παράλιος by the sea (see Paralian n.) + German -isch -ish suffix1) + -ic suffix. Compare French paralique (1877 in Littré Suppl.).For an apparently isolated slightly earlier borrowing of the word in its German form compare the following:1911 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50 28 Naumann recognized the distinction between deposits formed on the sea border and those in fresh-water lakes... These types he terms paralisch and limnisch.1911 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50 29 The causes in paralisch areas are different from those in limnisch basins.
Geology.
Formed in, occurring in, or inhabiting shallow water near the sea.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice
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solution1894
paralic1914
1914 H. Ries Econ. Geol. (ed. 4) i. 13 A distinction is, however, sometimes made between (1) limnetic coals..; and (2) paralic coals, or those derived from plant remains which collected in marshes near the sea border.
1940 A. C. Noé tr. O. Stutzer Geol. Coal vi. 159 In the interior of a country—for instance, on the northern edge of the Alps—are found limnic moors, while the paralic moors are situated on the coast, as in Friesland.
1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 154 The seams formed from peats in coastal-swamp environments (paralic coals) are characteristically relatively thin after compaction.
1995 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 79 1421/1 The synrift megasequence began with deposition in a continental environment that became paralic and shallow marine in the Early Cretaceous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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