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eustasies

eustasies is the plural of eustasy.

Meaning of eustasy

Noun

eustasy (plural eustasies)

  1. A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.
    • The age of the dunal or other deposits, formed on it after the sea had begun to withdraw, in accordance with the theory of glacial eustasy, and which I have named Berardian, is, however, the crucial thing here.1946, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volumes 76–77, London: The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 116...

Questions about eustasies

What is eustasies the plural of?
Eustasies is the plural of eustasy.

Words near eustasies in the dictionary

  1. eustachitis
  2. eustacies
  3. eustacy
  4. Eustaquio
  5. Eustaquios
  6. eustasies
  7. eustasy
  8. eustathe
  9. Eustathian
  10. Eustathians
  11. Eustatia Island

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