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Wernerian

Wernerian adjective: of or pertaining to Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), German mineralogist and geologist, or his theory of Neptunism.

Adjective

Wernerian (comparative more Wernerian, superlative most Wernerian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), German mineralogist and geologist, or his theory of Neptunism.

Forms of Wernerian

comparativemore Wernerian
superlativemost Wernerian

Origin of Wernerian

From Werner + -ian.

Questions about Wernerian

What does Wernerian mean?
Wernerian means of or pertaining to Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), German mineralogist and geologist, or his theory of Neptunism.
What part of speech is Wernerian?
Wernerian is an adjective.

Words near Wernerian in the dictionary

  1. Werner complexes
  2. Werner projection
  3. Werner projections
  4. Werner syndrome
  5. Werner's syndrome
  6. Wernerian
  7. Wernerism
  8. wernerite
  9. wernerites
  10. Werneth
  11. Wernette

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