| 单词 | eustasy |
| 释义 | eustasyor eu·sta·cy[ yoo-stuh-see ] / ˈyu stə si / noun, plural eu·sta·sies.Geology.any uniformly global change of sea level that may reflect a change in the quantity of water in the ocean, or a change in the shape and capacity of the ocean basins. Origin of eustasy1945–50; nominalization of eustatic caused by eustasy (<German eustatisch, coined by Austrian geologist Edward Suess (1831–1914); see eu-, static), with -stasy for -stasisstasis, probably on the model of ecstasy OTHER WORDS FROM eustasyeu·stat·ic [yoo-stat-ik], /yuˈstæt ɪk/, adjectiveeu·stat·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby eustasyEustace, eustachian, Eustachian tube, Eustachio, Eustacia, eustasy, eustatic, eustele, eustyle, eusystole, eutaxia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for eustasyeustasy [ yōō′stə-sē ] A uniform worldwide change in sea level caused especially by fluctuations in the amount of water taken up by continental and polar icecaps, or by a change in the capacity of ocean basins. Other words from eustasyeustatic (yōō-stăt′ĭk)The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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