Miocene

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Sostantivo

Miocene (Wikipedia approfondimento) m solo sing

  1. (geologia) quarta e penultima epoca dell'era cenozoica, risalente a 23 milioni di anni fa e terminato 5,3 milioni di anni fa, contraddistinta da eruzioni vulcaniche

Sillabazione

mi | o | cè | ne

Pronuncia

IPA: /mioˈt͡ʃɛne/

Etimologia / Derivazione

formato da mio- (dal greco μείων cioè "minore") e -cene, dal greco καινός cioè "nuovo, recente"; significa quindi "meno recente"

Parole derivate

Termini correlati

Iperonimi

Traduzione

geologia

Inglese

Aggettivo

Miocene

  1. miocenico

Sostantivo

Miocene

  1. miocene

Note / Riferimenti

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