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eocene

/ˈiːəsiːn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
eocene
IPA
/ˈiːəsiːn/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago.

name

The Eocene epoch.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + καινός (kainós, “new”) and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch. 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, eo- + -cene.

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Questions

How do you pronounce eocene?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːəsiːn/.
What does eocene mean?
Of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago.
Where does eocene come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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