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PRONUNCIATION OF CARBONIFEROUS

carboniferous  [ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARBONIFEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carboniferous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CARBONIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

carboniferous

Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 358.9 ± 0.4 million years ago, to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 298.9 ± 0.15 Ma. The name Carboniferous means "coal-bearing" and derives from the Latin words carbō and ferō, and was coined by geologists William Conybeare and William Phillips in 1822. Based on a study of the British rock succession, it was the first of the modern 'system' names to be employed, and reflects the fact that many coal beds were formed globally during this time. The Carboniferous is often treated in North America as two geological periods, the earlier Mississippian and the later Pennsylvanian. Terrestrial life was well established by the Carboniferous period. Amphibians were the dominant land vertebrates, of which one branch would eventually evolve into reptiles, the first fully terrestrial vertebrates. Arthropods were also very common, and many, were much larger than those of today. Vast swaths of forest covered the land, which would eventually be laid down and become the coal beds characteristic of the Carboniferous system.

Definition of carboniferous in the English dictionary

The definition of carboniferous in the dictionary is yielding coal or carbon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARBONIFEROUS


aluminiferous
əˌluːmɪˈnɪfərəs
antenniferous
ˌænteˈnɪfərəs
coniferous
kəˈnɪfərəs
foraminiferous
fɒˌræmɪˈnɪfərəs
guaniferous
ɡwəˈnɪfərəs
laniferous
ləˈnɪfərəs
luminiferous
ˌluːmɪˈnɪfərəs
manganiferous
ˌmæŋɡəˈnɪfərəs
manniferous
mæˈnɪfərəs
ozoniferous
ˌəʊzəʊˈnɪfərəs
polleniferous
ˌpɒlɪˈnɪfərəs
resiniferous
ˌrɛzɪˈnɪfərəs
seleniferous
ˌselɪˈnɪfərəs
seminiferous
ˌsɛmɪˈnɪfərəs
somniferous
sɒmˈnɪfərəs
spiniferous
spaɪˈnɪfərəs
staminiferous
ˌstæmɪˈnɪfərəs
stoloniferous
ˌstəʊləˈnɪfərəs
titaniferous
ˌtaɪtəˈnɪfərəs
uriniferous
ˌjʊərɪˈnɪfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARBONIFEROUS

carbonate
carbonated
carbonation
carbonatite
carbonette
carbonic
carbonic acid
carbonic anhydrase
carbonic-acid gas
carbonisation
carbonise
carboniser
carbonium ion
carbonization
carbonize
carbonizer
carbonless
carbonless paper
carbonous
carbonyl

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARBONIFEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
lecherous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of carboniferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «carboniferous» into 25 languages

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The translations of carboniferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carboniferous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石炭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carbonífera
570 millions of speakers

English

carboniferous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्बोनिफेरस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكربوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

угленосный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carbonífero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্গারোত্পাদক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carbonifère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Karbon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kohlenhaltig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石炭紀
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

석탄기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carboniferous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có hàm chất than
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலக்கரி தருகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्बनफॉर्निसर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karbonlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carbonifero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

karbonu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вугленосний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carbonifer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιθανθρακοφόρου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Karboon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carboniferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

karbon
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARBONIFEROUS»

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A Revised Correlation of Carboniferous Rocks in the British ...
This report revises and expands upon the 1976 and 1978 publications for the Dinantian and Silesian, respectively, combining them into a single account of British and Irish Carboniferous stratigraphy.
C. N. Waters, 2011
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A Geochemical Investigation of Carboniferous Amber
Rare and unique macroscopic blebs of Carboniferous (320 mya) age amber (fossil wound resin) have been extracted from an Illinois coal and analyzed using Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Py-GC-MS).
P. Sargent Bray, 2007
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Permo-carboniferous Magmatism and Rifting in Europe
Late Carboniferous-Permian of NW Europe: an introduction to a new regional map MICHEL HEEREMANS', JAN I. FALEIDE1 & BJ0RN T. LARSEN2 1 Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, ...
B. Marjorie Wilson, Geological Society of London, 2004
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The Geology of Scotland
Introduction Carboniferous rocks are now most extensively preserved in central Scotland, the Borders and the offshore areas east of Scotland. Preservation is patchy and successions are generally thin and incomplete in the offshore areas ...
N. H. Trewin, 2002
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Palynological Correlation of Major Pennsylvanian (Middle and ...
The Westphalian-Stephanian boundary as originally defined at the 1935 International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology is correlated with the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian and Desmoinesian-Missourian boundaries .
Russel Allen Peppers, 1996
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A Geologic Time Scale 2004
Geographic distribution of Carboniferous GSSPs that have been ratified ( diamonds) or are candidates (squares) on a mid-Carboniferous map (status in January, 2004; see Table 2.3). The supercontinent Pangea formed. Major changes in ...
Felix M. Gradstein, James G. Ogg, Alan G. Smith, 2004
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A Monograph of British Carboniferous Brachiopoda: Part 5.2
Oyrtz'na septosa was discovered by Professor Phillips and by Mr. Salmond in the carboniferous limestone of Riddle Head, Burtonfell, Cumberland, and in the Museum of Practical Geology will be found a fine and instructive series of young and ...
Thomas Davidson, 1858
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British Upper Carboniferous stratigraphy
This volume catalogues over 100 Upper Carboniferous sites which have been designated SSSls.
Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas, 1996
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British Lower Carboniferous Stratigraphy
This volume has chapters organized by palaeogeographic area, with an introduction that considers the history of research, the regional stratigraphical and structural setting, and the GCR site coverage.
Patrick J. Cossey, 2004
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Report on the Fossil Plants of the Lower Carboniferous and ...
Lines of separation between the different members of the Carboniferous must necessarily to be some extent arbitrary, and may differ in different localities. 2. Wherever the marine members of the system are developed, a marked difference is ...
Sir John William Dawson, 1873

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARBONIFEROUS»

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Jurassic bark : Nature Plants
These lived in the Carboniferous period (360 Ma) and had trunks covered not with bark but with soft scaly tissue, sometimes mistaken for the ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Review: BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS
Jarboe's fern from the carboniferous era provides a final cautionary tale of Frankenfoods and ecological disaster. There is lots of wit, tons of ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
3
Ten Interesting Facts and Figures about Edinburgh Castle
The hill is estimated to have risen 350 million years ago during the lower Carboniferous period, which cooled to form a very hard dolerite. «Anglotopia.net, Jul 15»
4
10 Interesting Tidbits and Little Known Facts About Cockroaches
... Prehistoric Times–The earliest cockroach-like fossils, which are known as roachids or blattopterans, were known to exist in the Carboniferous ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Jul 15»
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Asteroid Day: Global Awareness of Our Closest Cosmic Neighbors
But mass extinctions in the Carboniferous (305 million years ago), Triassic-Jurassic (200 million years ago) and Palaeogene (40 million years ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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Niger – Africa's Rising Uranium Hotspot
The rocks hosting the uranium mineralization are commonly arenites of the Carboniferous Guezouman and Tarat Formations. Some beds ... «InvestorIntel, Jun 15»
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Roxi Petroleum plc provides operational update
... Well A5 in the Middle and Lower Carboniferous. The well is being drilled by Sinopec, the Chinese multinational, at a fixed cost of $11 million. «Your Subsea News, Jun 15»
8
The great mass extinctions
Millions of years ago Period 85 107 135 66 51 SILURIAN ORDOVICIAN DEVONIAN CARBONIFEROUS PERMIAN TRIASSIC JURASSIC ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Baker Hughes helping IOG develop North Sea
RDS provided a set of maps showing the Rotliegendes, Carboniferous and Hauptdolomit hydrocarbon bearing zones in the SNS. This work ... «Marine Technology News, Jun 15»
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Independent Oil & Gas extends seismic remapping agreement with …
RDS provided a set of maps showing the Rotliegendes, Carboniferous and Hauptdolomit hydrocarbon bearing zones in the SNS. This work ... «WorldOil, Jun 15»

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