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▪ I. Cinciˈnnatian, a.1 nonce-wd.
[f. the name of Cincinnatus, who was called from the plough to the Dictatorship.]
Like that of Cincinnatus.
1812Byron Waltz ii. note, Cincinnatian progress in agriculture.
▪ II. Cincinnatian, a.2|sɪnsɪˈnætɪən|
[f. Cincinnati + -an.]
Of or belonging to the town of Cincinnati in Ohio; spec. in Geol. designating a series of rocks in eastern North America of the Upper Ordovician period, exposed in the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the epoch covered by their formation.
[1865Meek & Worthen in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1865 155 In view of all the facts, we have concluded to propose the name Cincinnati Group..for this series.] 1899Science X. 876 Probably in no other region is the succession of these [Lorraine and Richmond] faunas so complete as about Cincinnati, and this fact justifies the recognition of the term Cincinnatian. 1960Rep. 21st Internat. Geol. Congr. vii. 31 The Cincinnatian Series has commonly had three divisions based on the Eden, Maysville and Richmond ‘groups’ near Cincinnati, Ohio. |