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Meaning of "microfossil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROFOSSIL

microfossil  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɒsəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROFOSSIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Microfossil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MICROFOSSIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of microfossil in the English dictionary

The definition of microfossil in the dictionary is a fossil generally less than 0.5 millimetre in size, such as a protozoan, bacterium, or pollen grain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROFOSSIL


aglossal
əˈɡlɒsəl
apostle
əˈpɒsəl
colossal
kəˈlɒsəl
dossal
ˈdɒsəl
dossel
ˈdɒsəl
duniewassal
ˌduːnɪˈwɒsəl
dunniewassal
ˌduːnɪˈwɒsəl
fossil
ˈfɒsəl
glossal
ˈɡlɒsəl
hypoglossal
ˌhaɪpəˈɡlɒsəl
ichnofossil
ˈɪknəʊˌfɒsəl
isoglossal
ˌaɪsəˈɡlɒsəl
jostle
ˈdʒɒsəl
macrofossil
ˈmækrəʊˌfɒsəl
nonfossil
ˌnɒnˈfɒsəl
opisthoglossal
əˌpɪsθəˌɡlɒsəl
paraglossal
ˌpærəˈɡlɒsəl
subfossil
ˈsʌbˌfɒsəl
supercolossal
ˌsuːpərkəˈlɒsəl
throstle
ˈθrɒsəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROFOSSIL

microfibrillar
microfiche
microfiche reader
microfilament
microfilaria
microfilariae
microfilarial
microfiling
microfilm
microfilm plotter
microfilm reader
microfilmable
microfilmer
microfilter
microfloppy
microflora
microflorae
microfloral
microform
microfungus

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROFOSSIL

basil
brasil
chesil
derived fossil
dossil
fusil
index fossil
living fossil
mofussil
Musil
pensil
reworked fossil
scissil
sweet basil
tahsil
tonsil
trace fossil
utensil
Yggdrasil
zone fossil

Synonyms and antonyms of microfossil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microfossil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROFOSSIL

Find out the translation of microfossil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of microfossil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microfossil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微体化石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microfossil
570 millions of speakers

English

microfossil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

microfossil
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

microfossil
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микрофоссилии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microfóssil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

microfossil
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microfossiles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mikrofosil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrofossilien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

微化石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

microfossil
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mikrofosil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi hóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

microfossil
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोफोस्िल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mikrofosil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microfossili
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikropaleontologicznych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

микрофоссилии
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microfossil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

microfossil
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microfossil
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microfossil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikrofossil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microfossil

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROFOSSIL»

The term «microfossil» is normally little used and occupies the 129.476 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROFOSSIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microfossil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microfossil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microfossil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROFOSSIL»

Discover the use of microfossil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microfossil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vertebrate microfossil assemblages: their role in ...
This volume presents state-of-the-art papers on important topics and methods in the analysis of vertebrate microfossil assemblages.
Julia T. Sankey, Sven Baszio, 2008
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Microfossils
This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention ...
Howard Armstrong, Martin Brasier, 2013
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Applied Micropalaeontology
4.2.2 Age determination Knowledge of how microfossil ranges compare with standard chronostratigraphic divisions of the geological time scale (e.g. Cretaceous Period, Hauterivian Stage, inversum ammonite Biozone) (Figure 4.2) means that ...
D. Graham Jenkins, 1993
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The Potential of Microfossil Use in Paleodiet and ...
Maize (Zea mays) horticulture during the Late Woodland period in the Lake of the Woods and surrounding area does not seem likely because there is no evidence of gardening, or heavy consumption of this plant.
Clarence Leopold Joseph Surette, 2008
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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments: Data ...
Microfossil counting tends to be time-consuming, and therefore the number of counts per sample will be one of the constraining parameters for the achievable sampling resolution. Ideally, enough microfossils should be counted to obtain stable ...
H. John B. Birks, André F. Lotter, Steve Juggins, 2012
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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments: Volume ...
Combined with diatom microfossil abundance, inferences about system-wide changes, especially those resulting from eutrophication, are possible. New studies combining measurements of BSi with analysis of stable isotopes of oxygen and ...
William M. Last, John P. Smol, H.J. Birks, 2001
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Reconstructing Earth's Climate History: Inquiry-based ...
This exercise explores the use of microfossil evolution in establishing relative time in marine sedimentary sequences. The following describes what you will do in the exercise: Part 3.1. What are Microfossils? Why are they Important in Climate ...
R. Mark Leckie, Kate Pound, Megan Jones, 2012
8
Bonebeds: Genesis, Analysis, and Paleobiological Significance
Genesis, Analysis, and Paleobiological Significance Raymond R. Rogers, David A. Eberth, Anthony R. Fiorillo. Alachua Fm. Microfossil High Multidominant Alluvial Channel Author Date Title Citation Bonebed Name Whistler, D.P., and S.D..
Raymond R. Rogers, David A. Eberth, Anthony R. Fiorillo, 2010
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The Miocene Ocean: Paleoceanography and Biogeography
These multiple microfossil and carbonate stratigraphies have been completed in as many deep-sea sequences as recovery and preservation permitted, including over 20 Miocene sequences from the Pacific Ocean (see map in volume ...
James P. Kennett, 1985
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The Northern North Atlantic: A Changing Environment
Apparently, the distribution of phytoplankton populations in the Nordic Seas is related to these water masses and biogeographic provinces as suggested by Cleve's (1897) distribution of phytoplankton types (Sournia 1994). Planktic Microfossil ...
Priska Schäfer, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROFOSSIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microfossil is used in the context of the following news items.
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Microbial DNA records historical delivery of anthropogenic mercury
Ancient DNA complements microfossil record in deep-sea subsurface sediments. Biol Lett 9: 4. | Article |; Lyra C, Sinkko H, Rantanen M, Paulin ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
How to get to Mt. Hagen Cultural Show – 2015
The Yuku Rock Shelter in the Baiyer River area reveals through plant microfossil analysis the cave was occupied by humans from before ... «Papua New Guinea Today, May 15»
3
'Apex Microfossil' Controversy Put to Rest, Discovered to be Minerals
With the rise of new high-spatial resolution data, however, the research team clearly demonstrated the microfossil consists of stacks of plate-like ... «Chinatopix, Apr 15»
4
Quick warm-up dooms seafloor to long recovery
“We were surprised to learn that this microfossil record is richer and more useful than first expected,” says coauthor James Kennett, professor ... «Futurity: Research News, Apr 15»
5
Scientists to solve mystery of mega-chunk of north-east coal
A spokesman for the city campus said that academics would perform a number of tests on the sample to determine its microfossil content and ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Mar 15»
6
Back to business Mid-America Science Museum reopens with new …
Another hands-on exhibit is the microfossil sorting station, where visitors can classify items such as rocks and shells. An “animation station” is ... «Arkansas Online, Mar 15»
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Geomicrobiologists show how microbial fossils resist the conditions …
... mineral and organic composition and 3) to provide spectroscopic signatures that could be useful for microfossil search in the rock record. «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
8
Thomas Uses CT Scans, Computer-Aided Visualizations to Study …
This slide contains more than 300 microfossil specimens from an ocean drilling site in the eastern Indian Ocean. These are estimated to be ... «Wesleyan Connection, Feb 15»
9
Have the types of enquiries changed over 20 years?
As my career progressed I became responsible for larger parts of the collection until in 2011 I became responsible for the entire microfossil ... «Natural History Museum, Jan 15»
10
Professor Martin Brasier - obituary
By 2002 the honour of having found the most ancient microfossil had been held for several years by J W Schopf, a palaeobiologist at the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Microfossil [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/microfossil>. May 2024 ».
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