Miocene

See also: miocene, miocène, and Miocène

English

Alternative forms

Meiocene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”) + καινός (kainós, “new”).

Adjective

Miocene (comparative more Miocene, superlative most Miocene)

(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position.

Translations

of the Miocene epoch

Georgian: მიოცენური (miocenuri)
Greek: μειόκαινος (el) (meiókainos)

Hungarian: miocéni

Proper noun

Miocene

(geology) The Miocene epoch.

Translations

Miocene epoch

Czech: miocén m
Estonian: miotseen
Finnish: mioseenikausi
French: Miocène (fr) m
Georgian: მიოცენი (mioceni), მიოცენის ეპოქა (miocenis eṗoka)
German: Miozän (de) n
Greek: Μειόκαινο (el) n (Meiókaino)

Hungarian: miocén (hu)
Italian: Miocene
Polish: miocen (pl)
Portuguese: mioceno, miocénico (Portugal), miocênico (Brazil)
Spanish: Mioceno m
Swedish: miocen (sv)

See also

Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

Miocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

ocimene

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