Pliocene

See also: pliocene, pliocène, and Pliocène

English

Alternative forms

• Pleiocene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + καινός (kainós, “new”). Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪəsiːn/

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Adjective

Pliocene (not comparable)

1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     [I]n a final sentence he expressed his conviction that his opponents "did not in truth represent the thought of the twentieth century, but might rather be regarded as mental fossils dug from some early Pliocene horizon ".

Derived terms

• Pliocene Ridge

Translations

of the Pliocene epoch

• Catalan: pliocè, pliocènic
• Finnish: plioseenikautinen
• Georgian: პლიოცენური (ṗliocenuri)
• Greek: πλειόκαινος (pleiókainos)
• Hindi: अतिनूतन युग (atinūtan yug)
• Polish: plioceński (pl)

Proper noun

Pliocene

1. (geology) The Pliocene epoch.

Translations

geology, the Pliocene epoch

• Catalan: Pliocè m
• Czech: pliocén m
• Dutch: plioceen (nl) n
• Estonian: pliotseen
• Finnish: plioseenikausi
• Georgian: პლიოცენი (ṗlioceni), პლიოცენური ეპოქა (ṗliocenuri eṗoka)
• Greek: Πλειόκαινο n (Pleiókaino)
• Italian: Pliocene (it)
• Polish: pliocen (pl) m inan

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale
• Postpliocene

Further reading

• Pliocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• epiclone

Italian

Etymology

From English Pliocene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli.oˈt͡ʃɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: Pli‧o‧cè‧ne

Proper noun

Pliocene m

1. (geology) the Pliocene epoch

Derived terms

• pliocenico

Anagrams

• licopene