(pleistocene)

  • 11Pleistocene — adjective Etymology: Greek pleistos most + International Scientific Vocabulary cene; akin to Greek pleiōn more Date: 1839 of, relating to, or being the earlier epoch of the Quaternary or the corresponding series of rocks see geologic time table • …

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  • 12Pleistocene — /pluy steuh seen /, Geol. adj. 1. noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of… …

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  • 13Pleistocene — 1. adjective Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago; marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals. 2 …

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  • 14Pleistocene — adj. Pleistocene is used with these nouns: ↑geology …

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  • 15pleistocene — plei·sto·cè·ne s.m. TS geol. spec. con iniz. maiusc., il periodo più antico del Neozoico, caratterizzato dalla comparsa dei primi ominidi e delle grandi glaciazioni Sinonimi: pleistocenico. {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: plistocene. DATA: 1879.… …

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  • 16pleistocene — Pleis·to·cene || plaɪstəʊsiːn adj. concerning the Pleistocene geological era …

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  • 17Pleistocene — Pleis•to•cene [[t]ˈplaɪ stəˌsin[/t]] adj. 1) gel of or pertaining to the geologic epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending ten thousand years ago, the time of the last Ice Age and… …

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  • 18Pleistocene — pleistocenas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Kvartero periodo pirmoji epocha, kai milžiniškus šiaurės pusrutulio plotus dengė ledynai. Prasidėjo prieš Pleistocene0,5–1,0 mln. m., baigėsi prieš 10 000 m.; per tą laikotarpį… …

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  • 19Pléistocène —    Le pléistocène est la troisième époque de la période du néogène et la sixième du cénozoïque, elle débute il y a 2,588 millions d années et s achève vers 0,126 millions d années …

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  • 20Pleistocene Rewilding — promotes the reintroduction of descendants of Pleistocene megafauna, or their close ecological equivalents. Toward the end of the Pleistocene era, between roughly 13,000 to 10,000 years ago, nearly all megafauna of South, Central, North America… …

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