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paleoaltimetry

paleoaltimetry noun: the determination of land elevation in the past.

Noun

paleoaltimetry (uncountable)

  1. The determination of land elevation in the past.

Origin of paleoaltimetry

From paleo- + altimetry.

Questions about paleoaltimetry

What does paleoaltimetry mean?
Paleoaltimetry means the determination of land elevation in the past.
What part of speech is paleoaltimetry?
Paleoaltimetry is a noun.

Words near paleoaltimetry in the dictionary

  1. paleo-orthodoxy
  2. paleo-osteology
  3. paleoaeolian
  4. paleoagrostology
  5. paleoalgology
  6. paleoaltimetry
  7. paleoamerican
  8. Paleoamericans
  9. paleoanthropic
  10. paleoanthropological
  11. paleoanthropologically

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