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geological, a.|dʒiːəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
= geologic (but see the note under geologic 1). geological time: time as measured in terms of geology; also, the time which has elapsed since the formation of the earth, or the stretch of time between the formation of the earth and the beginning of the historical period.
1795J. Hutton Theory Earth I. 203 Our author begins by examining a geological operation. 1808in Cobbett's Pol. Reg. XIII. 1014/2 One of the most able engineers, who was also possessed of a vast geological knowledge. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 31 Those extensive speculations, to which geological studies..lead. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) II. 389 The various facts..belong in general to geological science. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 123 Geological map of England, showing the extent and position of the Bristol basin. 1863Lyell (title) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man. 1875J. Croll Climate & Time xix. 326 It is..impossible to form an adequate conception of the length of geological time. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. ii. 31 Hypotheses..which are sometimes advanced to account for geological phenomena. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Geological formations, groups of rocks of similar character and age are called formations. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 253/2 Geological time, a chronological measure (of a somewhat indefinite character) which bears the same kind of relation to the measures of time used in history that the distances of the stellar bodies do to the ordinary standard of terrestrial measurement. 1911Jrnl. Chem. Soc. C. ii. 570 The Measurement of Geological Time. 1923L. D. Stamp Introd. Stratigr. i. 5 Geological time is divided into five great Eras, and into a number of Periods. 1971S. Smith in K. Dick Ivy & Stevie 50 It is heaven to think of geological time.
Hence geoˈlogically adv., in a geological manner or respect; with reference to geology.
1802Playfair Illustr. Hutton. Th. 151 He therefore endeavours to ascertain the distinguishing characters of each, considered geologically. 1816Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 66 Rocks of this conformation..are not picturesque; but geologically their outlines claim an interest. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. x. (1873) 270 Only a small portion of the surface of the earth has been geologically explored. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xxiii. 482 The best map of the district he can procure, and if coloured geologically so much the better. |