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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OLIGOCENE

Oligo- + -cene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OLIGOCENE

Oligocene  [ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌsiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLIGOCENE

noun
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determiner
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Oligocene can act as a noun and an adjective.
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WHAT DOES OLIGOCENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oligocene

Oligocene

The Oligocene /ˈɒlɨɡoʊsiːn/ is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly uncertain. The name Oligocene comes from the Greek ὀλίγος and καινός, and refers to the sparsity of additional modern mammalian species of fauna after a burst of evolution during the Eocene. The Oligocene is preceded by the Eocene epoch and is followed by the Miocene epoch. The Oligocene is the third and final epoch of the Paleogene period. The Oligocene is often considered an important time of transition, a link between the archaic world of the tropical Eocene and the more modern ecosystems of the Miocene. Major changes during the Oligocene included a global expansion of grasslands, and a regression of tropical broad leaf forests to the equatorial belt.

Definition of Oligocene in the English dictionary

The definition of Oligocene in the dictionary is of, denoting, or formed in the third epoch of the Tertiary period, which lasted for 10 000 000 years.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLIGOCENE


adenosine
æˈdɛnəˌsiːn
anthracene
ˈænθrəˌsiːn
Anthropocene
ænˈθrɒpəˌsiːn
colchicine
ˈkɒltʃɪˌsiːn
demoscene
ˈdɛməʊˌsiːn
Eocene
ˈiːəʊˌsiːn
ferrocene
ˈfɛrəʊˌsiːn
guanosine
ˈɡwɑːnəˌsiːn
Holocene
ˈhɒləˌsiːn
hyoscine
ˈhaɪəˌsiːn
kerosene
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
metallocene
mɪˈtæləʊˌsiːn
Miocene
ˈmaɪəˌsiːn
Palaeocene
ˈpælɪəʊˌsiːn
paleocene
ˈpælɪəʊˌsiːn
pentazocine
pɛnˈtæzəʊˌsiːn
Pleiocene
ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn
Pleistocene
ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn
Pliocene
ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLIGOCENE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE OLIGOCENE

bedroom scene
crime scene
crowd scene
damascene
epicene
love scene
nativity scene
Neocene
Nicene
obscene
scene
sex scene
the Anthropocene
the Eocene
the Holocene
the Miocene
the Oligocene
the Palaeocene
the Pleistocene
the Pliocene

Synonyms and antonyms of Oligocene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Oligocene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLIGOCENE

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

Translator English - Chinese

渐新世
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Oligoceno
570 millions of speakers

English

Oligocene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओलिगोसीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اوليغوسيني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

олигоцен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Oligoceno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওলিগোসিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Oligocène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oligosen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oligozän
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

漸新世
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

올리고 세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oligosen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Oligocen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Oligocene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑलिगॉसीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oligosen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Oligocene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oligocenu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

олигоцен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Oligocen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ολιγόκαινο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Oligoseen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oligocen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oligocen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Oligocene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOCENE»

The term «Oligocene» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.839 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLIGOCENE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLIGOCENE»

Discover the use of Oligocene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Oligocene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America
This is the first comprehensive treatment of these topics in over sixty years, and will be invaluable to vertebrate paleontologists, geologists, mammalogists and evolutionary biologists.
Donald R. Prothero, Robert J. Emry, 2005
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The Late Oligocene Creede Flora, Colorado
The evidence for this is based on fossil samples from several sites in each of 4 areas in the northern part of the Creede basin.
Daniel I. Axelrod, 1987
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The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost
The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.
Donald R. Prothero, 1994
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The Oligocene Haynes Creek Flora of Eastern Idaho
This flora of 70 species is dominated by deciduous trees, many with descendants in China.
Daniel I. Axelrod, 1998
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Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge
During the Oligocene epoch, from about 23 to 34 million years ago, the anthropoid primates diversified and expanded their range. Fossil evidence from Egypt's Fayum region has yielded sufficient fossils (more than 1,000) to reveal that by 33 ...
William Haviland, Dana Walrath, Harald Prins, 2007
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Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
Following the Houldjinian-Kekeamuan ("early-middle" Oligocene according to Wang, but Eocene/ Oligocene boundary here), there was a great diversification of hypsodont rodents (especially the cricetids), as also occurred in the Orellan of ...
Donald R. Prothero, William A. Berggren, 2014
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Eocene and Oligocene Paleosols of Central Oregon
Greg John Retallack, Erick A. Bestland, Theodore J. Fremd. kind formed in modern Vertisols. Furthermore, the pattern of the cracking (a-nuram gilgai of Paton. 1974) and low oxidation of these paleosols are evidence that they formed in flat ...
Greg John Retallack, Erick A. Bestland, Theodore J. Fremd, 1999
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Late Eocene and Oligocene Paleosols from Badlands National ...
ABSTRACT In the Pinnacles area of Badlands National Park, the Late Eocene and Oligocene White River and lower Arikaree Groups are largely superimposed fossil soils (87 of them in 143 m of stratigraphic section). The fossil soils can be ...
Greg John Retallack, 1983
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Oligocene & Lower Miocene Microfossils from Onslow County, ...
It is the author's opinion that the difficulty in establishing the contact relationships of the Trent and Castle Hayne has been due in some places to the presence of Oligocene deposits between the Eocene and Miocene, a possibility that has not ...
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The Late Eocene Earth: Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts
15, p. 8–15. Echols, R.J., Armentrout, J.M., Root, S.A., Fearn, L.B., Cooke, J.C., Rodgers, B.K., and Thompson, P.R., 2003, Sequence stratigraphy of the Eocene/ Oligocene boundary interval: Southeastern Mississippi, in Prothero, D.R., Nesbitt,  ...
Christian Koeberl, Alessandro Montanari, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLIGOCENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Oligocene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mammals Evolutionary Eruption in Mid-Jurassic Period
... the rodent-like body form and distinctive teeth remained until their extinction sometime around 130 million years later in the early Oligocene. «I4U News, Jul 15»
2
Royal Road Minerals Intersects 118 Meters at 1.0 Gram per Tonne …
Gold extends discontinuously over an approximately 10km long, northeast trending ridge comprised of Oligocene age volcanic and intrusive ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
3
Bumbling science: global warming and an incredible lightness of …
And it was still certainly warmer during the Oligocene (34 to 24 my) than it is now, although it was much cooler than the Eocene or the even ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
4
Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding students
... carbonate rocks in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic during the Oligocene and Miocene time (about 30 million to 5 million years ago). «KU Today, Jul 15»
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Maersk Discoverer Finishes Well Ahead of Time
The well was another East Nile Delta success for BP, discovering 50 m of gas pay in high-quality Oligocene sandstones. On 5 May, Maersk ... «MarineLink, Jul 15»
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Maersk Discoverer finishes BP well 62 days ahead of time
... ahead of time. The well was another East Nile Delta success for BP, discovering 50 m of gas pay in high-quality Oligocene sandstones. null. «WorldOil, Jul 15»
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Resolving deep relationships of PACMAD grasses: a phylogenomic …
The divergence estimate of 32.4 mya at the crown node of the PACMAD clade coincides with the Eocene-Oligocene Transition (EOT). «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
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Condor Resources Inc.: Second Adit at Ocros Confirms Mineralized …
Our initial conclusion was this occurrence is similar to copper porphyry projects from the Eocene-Oligocene-Miocene belts, the host of world class copper ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
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Eni Commissions Perla Gas Field Offshore Venezuela - Analyst Blog
Located at about 3,000 meters below sea level, in a water depth of 60 meters, the reservoir comprises Mio-Oligocene age carbonates with ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Maersk Discoverer completes BP well, claims two offshore …
It discovered 50 m (164 ft) of gas pay in high-quality Oligocene sandstones while setting multiple regional records. In March, BP said that the ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Jul 15»

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