单词 | homotaxial |
释义 | homotaxialadj. Geology. Applied to strata in different regions, having the same relative position with respect to those underlying and overlying them, but not necessarily contemporaneous: cf. homotaxis n.; also to the fossil remains (usually of similar character) found in such strata. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > homotaxial homotaxeous1866 homotaxial1870 homotaxic1877 1870 T. H. Huxley Anniv. Addr. Geol. Soc. in Q. Jrnl. 26 p. xlii Certain forms of life in one locality occur in the same general order of succession as, or are homotaxial with, similar forms in the other locality. 1888 J. Prestwich Geol. II. 4 The homotaxial relations of the groups. Derivatives homoˈtaxially adv. in the way of or in relation to homotaxy. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adverb] > homotaxial homotaxially1880 1880 W. B. Dawkins Early Man in Brit. ii. 22 (note) If..we look at them, homotaxially, from the point of view offered by the European Meiocenes, they are Meiocene. homoˈtaxeous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > homotaxial homotaxeous1866 homotaxial1870 homotaxic1877 1866 Intellectual Observer No. 56. 97 As homotaxeous, and not as contemporaneous. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. Introd. 17 The Silurian Rocks of Europe, North America, South America, Australia, &c., contain very similar fossils, and are undoubtedly ‘homotaxeous’. homoˈtaxic adj. = homotaxial adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [adjective] > of or belonging to a stratum > homotaxial homotaxeous1866 homotaxial1870 homotaxic1877 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals Introd. 22 The species which constitute the corresponding or homotaxic terms in the series, in different localities, are not identical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1866 |
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