Noachian

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/

Etymology 1

From Noach (“variant of Noah”) +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Noachian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to Noah or his time. [from 17th c.]
    • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, page 13:
      The victims of the Noachian flood would add another 20 million or so to the total.

Etymology 2

From Noachis +‎ -ian (after Etymology 1, above).

Adjective

Noachian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the earliest Martian geological time period characterized by large craters. [from 20th c.]

Noun

Noachian (uncountable)

  1. The Noachian geological period. [from 20th c.]

See also
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