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单词 cincinnatian
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Cincinnatianadj.1

Etymology: < the name of Cincinnatus, who was called from the plough to the Dictatorship.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: Cinciˈnnatian.
Like that of Cincinnatus.Apparently an isolated use.
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1812 Ld. Byron Waltz ii. (note) Cincinnatian progress in agriculture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

Cincinnatianadj.2

/sɪnsɪˈnatɪən/
Etymology: < Cincinnati + -an suffix.
Of or belonging to the town of Cincinnati in Ohio; spec. in Geology 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.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > primary or Palaeozoic > Ordovician
Ordovician1879
Cincinnatian1899
Caradocian1910
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > primary or Palaeozoic > Ordovician > specific
Caradoc1835
Tremadoc1847
Arenig1854
Skiddaw1897
Cincinnatian1899
Skiddavian1905
Caradocian1910
Tremadocian1910
1865 F. B. Meek & A. H. Worthen in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 155 In view of all the facts, we have concluded to propose the name Cincinnati Group..for this series.]
1899 Science 10 876 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.
1906 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. II. 310 Cincinnatian (Neo-Champlainic): Richmond beds, Lorraine beds, Utica shales.
1960 Rep. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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