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Meaning of "nummulite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NUMMULITE

From New Latin Nummulites genus name, from Latin nummulus, from nummus coin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NUMMULITE

nummulite  [ˈnʌmjʊˌlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NUMMULITE

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Nummulite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NUMMULITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Nummulite

A nummulite is a large lenticular fossil, characterized by its numerous coils, subdivided by septa into chambers. They are the shells of the fossil and present-day marine protozoan Nummulites, a type of foraminiferan. Nummulites commonly vary in diameter from 1.3 cm to 5 cm and are common in Eocene to Miocene marine rocks, particularly around southwest Asia and the Mediterranean. Fossils up to 6 inches wide are found in the Middle Eocene rocks of Turkey.2 They are valuable as index fossils. The ancient Egyptians used nummulite shells as coins and the pyramids were constructed using limestone that contained nummulites. It is not surprising then that the name "Nummulites" is a diminutive form of the Latin nummulus meaning "little coin", a reference to their shape. In 1913, naturalist Randolph Kirkpatrick published a book, The Nummulosphere: an account of the Organic Origin of so-called Igneous Rocks and Abyssal Red Clays, proposing the unconventional theory that all rocks had been produced through the accumulation of forams such as Nummulites.

Definition of nummulite in the English dictionary

The definition of nummulite in the dictionary is any of various large fossil protozoans of the family Nummulitidae, common in Tertiary times: phylum Foraminifera.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NUMMULITE


anticellulite
ˌæntɪˈsɛljʊˌlaɪt
baculite
ˈbækjʊˌlaɪt
catholyte
ˈkæθəʊˌlaɪt
cellulite
ˈsɛljʊˌlaɪt
cimolite
ˈsɪməʊˌlaɪt
electrolyte
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌlaɪt
globulite
ˈɡlɒbjʊˌlaɪt
granulite
ˈɡrænjʊˌlaɪt
gyrolite
ˈdʒaɪrəʊˌlaɪt
ichthyodorulite
ˌɪkθɪəʊˈdɔːjʊˌlaɪt
lazulite
ˈlæzjʊˌlaɪt
lowlight
ˈləʊˌlaɪt
mesolite
ˈmɛsəʊˌlaɪt
microlight
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪt
microlite
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪt
novaculite
nəʊˈvækjʊˌlaɪt
serpulite
ˈsɜːpjʊˌlaɪt
spherulite
ˈsfɛrʊˌlaɪt
tentaculite
tɛnˈtækjʊˌlaɪt
vermiculite
vɜːˈmɪkjʊˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NUMMULITE

numinous
numinousness
numismatic
numismatically
numismatics
numismatist
numismatologist
numismatology
nummary
nummular
nummulary
nummulated
nummulation
nummuline
nummulitic
numnah
numpkin
numpties
numpty
numskull

WORDS THAT END LIKE NUMMULITE

argillite
Bakelite
communications satellite
crystallite
elite
flite
halite
hoplite
lite
metabolite
ophiolite
polite
power elite
satellite
scheelite
socialite
Stellite
tantalite
thulite
zeolite

Synonyms and antonyms of nummulite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Nummulite
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Translator English - Turkish

nummulitli
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Trends of use of nummulite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMMULITE»

The term «nummulite» is used very little and occupies the 186.790 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NUMMULITE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NUMMULITE»

Discover the use of nummulite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nummulite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foraminifera and their Applications
The primary reservoir properties of the chalk reservoirs of the North Sea and the nummulite bank reservoirs of the circum-Mediterranean are controlled in part by the evolution of the fossils that constitute them. Nummulite reservoirs Nummulite  ...
Robert Wynn Jones, 2013
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Applications of Palaeontology: Techniques and Case Studies
Nummulite reservoirs Nummulite banks are locally of commercial significance as petroleum reservoirs: for example in the Bourri field, offshore Libya; in the Ashtart and Hasdrubal fields, offshore Tunisia; and in the Kerkennah and adjacent ...
Robert Wynn Jones, 2011
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'99 Geopolymer International Conference Proceedings
On the other hand, the outcrop that dips into the wadi, where the quarries are located and also the trench around the Sphinx and the Sphinx body, consist of softer thickly bedded marly nummulite limestone layers with a relative high amount of ...
‎1999
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History of geology and pal?ontology
It was admitted, however, that the Nummulite rocks of Ronca, Monte Roles, and a few other localitim were, as Elie de Beau~ mont had said, of Tertiary age. The Swiss geologists, Studer and Escher vou der Linth, regarded the Nummulite ...
K.A. von Zittel
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H B Brady on a True Carboniferous Nummulite
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Henry B. Brady, 2010
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Nummulite compact limestone Allgau, Switzerland. Green sandstone, Diablerets, Sonthofen. Madrepore sand of Leithage birge. Calcareous conglomerate of Vienna. Iron-ore deposit, Sonthofen, Neukirchen, Switzerland. Lignite with fossil ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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Carbonate Mud-Mounds: Their Origin and Evolution (Special ...
4) occurring in the basinward and central parts of the mound. The bedded wackestone subfacies is only found on the shoreward margin of the mound where it interbeds with nummulite marls. Petrographically the subfacies are similar but the ...
C. L. V. Monty, D. W. J. Bosence, P. H. Bridges, 2009
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
Nummulite compact limestone, Allgau, Switzerland. Green sandstone, Diablerets, Sonthofen. Madrepore sand of Leithage- birge. Calcareous conglomerate of Vienna. Iron-ore deposit, Sontho fen, Neukirchen, Swit-| zerland. Lignite with fossil ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
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Practical geology and mineralogy: with instructions for the ...
Hippurite and Nummulite Limestone of Southern Europe. The limestones which, in the countries bordering the Mediteranean, are the equivalents of the cretaceous rocks of the north of Europe, have received the names of hippurite and ...
Joshua Trimmer, 1841
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Organic Remains of a Former World: The fossil starfish, ...
This nummulite, M. Lamarck observes, is rather more convex on both sides than the smooth nummulite is; but its surface is not smooth, like that of the two preceding species. In some, he observes, the surface is beset with small tubercles, ...
James Parkinson, 1833

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NUMMULITE»

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Currently Being Moderated
Image of palm-sized model of a nummulite made in plaster of Paris based on an original illustration by Zittel (1876), showing strands of ... «Natural History Museum, Jun 14»
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Oil exploration
MOG believe that these mounds are Lower Eocene and similar to nummulite-rich sediments in Tunisia where they make effective oil reservoirs. «Malta Independent Online, Apr 14»
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Denmark to go 100% renewables by 2050
By Nina (Toft's Nummulite) - 29 March 2012 at 3:31pm. Denmark never had any nuclear power plants and long ago decided not to build any. «Greenpeace UK, Mar 12»
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Egypt's pyramids contain large number of preserved marine fossils
When horizontally bisected, a nummulite appears as a perfect spiral. Since they were common in ancient Egypt, it's believed the shells were ... «TopNews, Apr 08»
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Exploring Abruzzo by Cinquecento
Shark teeth, coral, rudistids, ammonite and nummulite fossils are frequently found. The east side of the Morrone range is rugged and steep with ... «Geotimes, Feb 08»

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