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Triassic

/tɹaɪˈæs.ɪk/

Triassic adjective: of or from the geologic strata above the Permian and below the Jurassic; of or belonging to the period 250 to 200 million years ago when these strata were laid down.

Adjective

Triassic (not comparable)

  1. Of or from the geologic strata above the Permian and below the Jurassic; of or belonging to the period 250 to 200 million years ago when these strata were laid down.
    • “Well,” Ellie said. “We know animals have survived. Crocodiles are basically Triassic animals living in the present. Sharks are Triassic. So we know it has happened before.”1990, Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park, Alfred A. Knopf, page 45

Proper noun

Triassic

  1. A geologic period within the Mesozoic era, comprising lower, middle and upper epochs from about 250 to 200 million years ago.
    • Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Sites such as Lyme Regis in Dorset have particularly yielded number of Jurassic “squid” ink sacs and nodules (Doguzhaeva et...2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026

Triassic meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

Triassic in Tamil

திரியாசிக்கு

Triassic in Vietnamese

the geologic period
kỉ Tri-át, kỉ Tam Điệp

Origin of Triassic

From Trias (“three-layered geologic strata between the Permian and Jurassic”) < German Trias < Ancient Greek τριάς (triás, “triad”), + -ic. Coined in 1841 by geologist Friedrich August von Alberti (1795–1878).

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Questions about Triassic

What does Triassic mean?
Triassic means of or from the geologic strata above the Permian and below the Jurassic; of or belonging to the period 250 to 200 million years ago when these strata were laid down.
What is Triassic in Tamil?
Triassic in Tamil is திரியாசிக்கு. See Triassic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Triassic?
Triassic can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Triassic?
Triassic is pronounced /tɹaɪˈæs.ɪk/.

Words near Triassic in the dictionary

  1. triarylpyridines
  2. Trias
  3. Trias greenfinch
  4. Trias greenfinches
  5. Triases
  6. Triassic
  7. Triassic-Jurassic extinction event
  8. triathalon
  9. triathlete
  10. triathletes
  11. triathlon

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Triassic (page history and authors); triassic (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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