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Miocene

/ˈmaɪəsiːn/

Miocene adjective: 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.

Adjective

Miocene (not comparable)

  1. 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.

Proper noun

Miocene

  1. The Miocene epoch.

Miocene meaning in Tamil

Miocene in Tamil

மயோசீன்

Forms of Miocene

alternative formMeiocene

Origin of Miocene

From Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”) + καινός (kainós, “new”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1831 for Charles Lyell, who introduced it in 1833 in his book Principles of Geology. By surface analysis, meio- + -cene.

Questions about Miocene

What does Miocene mean?
Miocene means 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.
What is Miocene in Tamil?
Miocene in Tamil is மயோசீன். See Miocene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Miocene?
Miocene can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Miocene?
Miocene is pronounced /ˈmaɪəsiːn/.

Words near Miocene in the dictionary

  1. Minæans
  2. Mio
  3. MIOA
  4. Mioarele
  5. miocamycin
  6. Miocene
  7. Miocenic
  8. Miodonka
  9. Mioduszewski
  10. miofloral
  11. miogeoclinal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Miocene (page history and authors); miocene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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