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PRONUNCIATION OF PALEOCENE

paleocene  [ˈpælɪəʊˌsiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALEOCENE

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

WHAT DOES PALEOCENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paleocene

Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago. It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. As with many geologic periods, the strata that define the epoch's beginning and end are well identified, but the exact ages remain uncertain. The Paleocene Epoch brackets two major events in Earth's history. It started with the mass extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous, known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. This was a time marked by the demise of non-avian dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles and much other fauna and flora. The die-off of the dinosaurs left unfilled ecological niches worldwide. It ended with the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. This was a geologically brief interval characterized by extreme changes in climate and carbon cycling. The name "Paleocene" comes from Greek and refers to the "old" "new" fauna that arose during the epoch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALEOCENE


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
Oligocene
ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌsiːn
Palaeocene
ˈpælɪəʊˌsiːn
pentazocine
pɛnˈtæzəʊˌsiːn
Pleiocene
ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn
Pleistocene
ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn
Pliocene
ˈplaɪəʊˌsiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALEOCENE

paleobiological
paleobotany
paleoclimatology
paleoecological
paleoecology
paleogene
paleogeographic
paleographer
paleographic
paleography
paleolith
paleolithic
paleology
paleomagnetism
paleomagnetist
paleontologic
paleontological
paleontology
paleosol

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALEOCENE

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 paleocene in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «paleocene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALEOCENE

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

Translator English - Chinese

古新世
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Paleoceno
570 millions of speakers

English

paleocene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Paleocene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العصر الحديث الأسبق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

палеоцена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Paleoceno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paleocene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Paléocène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paleocene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paläozän
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

暁新世の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔레오세
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paleocene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Paleocen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலோசீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलेओसीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paleosen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Paleocene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paleoceński
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

палеоцену
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Paleocen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παλαιόκενης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Paleoceen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paleocen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paleocen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paleocene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALEOCENE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALEOCENE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALEOCENE»

Discover the use of paleocene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paleocene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo ...
On the basis of the present record there seems to have been a total faunal change among the eastern turtles at the species level and approximately a fifty percent turnover at the generic level between the earlier and later Paleocene. This is in ...
Albert E. Sanders, 1998
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Variations in Insect Herbivory on Angiosperm Leaves Through ...
2001), moderate floral turnover (Wing and Harrington 2001), and several large mammalian turnover events (Rose 1981, Clyde and Gingerich 1998, Gingerich 2001b) occurred during the late Paleocene and early Eocene (59 – 52.5 Ma).
Ellen Diane Currano, 2008
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Evidence for Methanogenesis on Slope Sites During the Late ...
ABSTRACT Evidence for methanogenesis on slope sites during the late Paleocene and early Eocene: carbonate concretions from the Dukla Nappe, Outer Carpathians, Poland by Andrew C. Silver The late Paleocene to early Eocene was a ...
Andrew C. Silver, 2009
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Fish Otoliths from the Paleocene (Selandian) of West Greenland
Paleocene (Selandian) of Denmark, genus Ophidiidarum seelandicus is also commonly found in the Paleocene of Nuus- suaq in West Greenland. Family Bythitidae Gill 1861 Genus Bidenichthys Barnard 1934 Type-species: Bidenichthys ...
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Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of the ...
Reservoir quality and petrophysical evaluation of Paleocene sandstones in the West of Shetland area M. SULLIVAN, T. COOMBES,1 P. IMBERT and C. AHAMDACH-DEMARS2 1 Total Oil Marine pic, Crawpeel Rd, Aliens, Aberdeen AB12 ...
A. J. Fleet, S. A. Boldy, 1999
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The Beginning of the Age of Mammals
In the Paleogene, the following sequence has long been recognized: Riochican ( late Paleocene), Casamayoran (early Eocene), Mustersan (middle Eocene), Divisaderan (middle or late Eocene), and Deseadan (early Oligocene; Simpson,  ...
Kenneth D. Rose, 2009
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Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the ...
1983. Paleocene-Eocene fauna! zones and a preliminary analysis of Luramidc structural deformation in theClarks Fork Basin. Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association. 34th Annual Field Conference. Guide- hook, p. 185-195. Gingerich.
Scott L. Wing, 2003
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Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial ...
Paleocene vegetation of North America. Numbers indicate the positions of Paleocene floras. Name, age, present coordinates, literature citation, and inferred paleovegetation are given for each number in the chapter appendix. See text for  ...
Christine Marie Janis, Kathleen Marie Scott, Louis L. Jacobs, 1998
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Evolution of the Insects
Nearctic and Palearctic Paleocene (65-55 mya). The Paleocene is a very poorly known period in the geological record of insects. Though major lineages of insects, like families, were largely unaffected by the mass extinctions at the end of the ...
David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, 2005
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The Circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbon ...
Paleocene Background Paleocene deposition over much of the ECM was relatively quiescent. In the Burgos Basin, deposition commenced with deep-water shales of the Velasco and Midway Formations followed by entry of the Wilcox ...
Claudio Bartolini, Richard T. Buffler, Jon Frederic Blickwede, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALEOCENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paleocene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bowleven completes first Cameroon well
The company said: “Hydrocarbons were encountered in the prognosed Paleocene (Tertiary) aged reservoir intervals and detailed log ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
Bowleven Discovers Hydrocarbons Onshore Cameroon
The well, which has been drilled to its planned total depth and logged, encountered hydrocarbons in the Paleocene (Tertiary) aged reservoir ... «Rigzone, Jul 15»
3
Large Hot Vent Site Discovery in Gulf of California
... that increased volcanic activity during the widening of the North Atlantic triggered a rapid warming, the so-called Paleocene Eocene Thermal ... «Hydro International, Jul 15»
4
BRIEF-Bowleven updates on drilling program at Bomono permit in …
Hydrocarbons were encountered in prognosed paleocene (tertiary) aged reservoir intervals; rig will now be moved to moambe well location as ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
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Brazil Resources enters into agreement to acquire Whistler gold …
... Late Cretaceous to Paleocene Composite Intrusive Suite with associated intrusion-related gold mineralization. The Whistler Project hosts the:. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
6
Travel back in time to an Arctic heatwave
This is the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, or PETM, of 55 million years ago. For the past few million years, Earth has gradually been ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
7
Bumbling science: global warming and an incredible lightness of …
... it is now, although it was much cooler than the Eocene or the even hotter Paleocene. Bumblebees developed and thrived during this period. «American Thinker, Jul 15»
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Giant's Causeway of County Antrim
... Cave on the uninhabited Isle of Staffa, Scotland, closely related to Giant's Causeway in its gestation, as a creation by Paleocene basalt flow. «National Geographic, Jul 15»
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Is it ok for scientists to weep over climate change?
We had gone to witness ocean sediment cores showing an event known as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) 56m years ago, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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BBC Cranks Up Climate Propaganda Ahead of Paris Summit
... ago [the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum; PETM], when the oceans suddenly got hotter and more acidic and the shellfish disappeared. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

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