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单词 neogene
释义

Neogene

[ nee-uh-jeen ]
/ ˈni əˌdʒin /
Geology

adjective

noting or pertaining to an interval of time corresponding to the Miocene and Pliocene epochs and accorded the status of a period when the Tertiary is considered an era.Compare Paleogene.

noun

the Neogene Period or System.
Also Neocene.

Origin of Neogene

1855–60; neo- + -gene (see -gen)

Words nearby Neogene

neoformation, neo-Freudian, Neogaea, Neogaean, Neogea, Neogene, neogenesis, neoglaciation, neo-gothic, neogrammarian, neo-Hegelianism
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Example sentences from the Web for Neogene

  • The deposits of the central, or Lycaonian, plateau consist of freshwater marls and limestones of late Tertiary or Neogene age.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Neogene

Neogene
/ (ˈniːəˌdʒiːn) /

adjective

of, denoting, or formed during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs

noun

the Neogene the Neogene period or system
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for Neogene

Neogene
[ nēō-jēn′ ]

The youngest of two subdivisions of the Tertiary Period, including the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs.
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