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PRONUNCIATION OF RHAETIAN

Rhaetian  [ˈriːʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RHAETIAN

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

Rhaetian

The Rhaetian is in geochronology the latest age of the Triassic period or in chronostratigraphy the uppermost stage of the Triassic system. It lasted from ~208.5 to 201.3 ± 0.2 million years ago. It was preceded by the Norian and succeeded by the Hettangian. In this age, Pangaea began to break up, though the Atlantic Ocean was not yet formed.

Definition of Rhaetian in the English dictionary

The first definition of Rhaetian in the dictionary is Also called: Rhaeto-Romanic,. a group of Romance languages or dialects spoken in certain valleys of the Alps, including Romansch, Ladin, and Friulian. Other definition of Rhaetian is denoting or relating to this group of languages. Rhaetian is also of or relating to Rhaetia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RHAETIAN


accretion
əˈkriːʃən
completion
kəmˈpliːʃən
concretion
kənˈkriːʃən
deletion
dɪˈliːʃən
Diocletian
ˌdaɪəˈkliːʃən
Grecian
ˈɡriːʃən
hyperexcretion
ˌhaɪpərɪkˈskriːʃən
hypersecretion
ˌhaɪpəsɪˈkriːʃən
incompletion
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːʃən
incretion
ɪnˈkriːʃən
Lucretian
luːˈkriːʃən
magnesian
mæɡˈniːʃən
neurosecretion
ˌnjʊərəʊsɪˈkriːʃən
Ossetian
ɒˈsiːʃən
oversecretion
ˌəʊvəsɪˈkriːʃən
Phoenician
fəˈniːʃən
repletion
rɪˈpliːʃən
Rhodesian
rəʊˈdiːʃən
secretion
sɪˈkriːʃən
Venetian
vɪˈniːʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RHAETIAN

Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthys
Rhaetia
Rhaetian Alps
Rhaetic
Rhaeto-Romanic
rhagades
rhagadiform
Rhamadhan

WORDS THAT END LIKE RHAETIAN

Alsatian
Capetian
Christian
Croatian
Dalmatian
dietitian
Egyptian
Gratian
Haitian
Helvetian
Hetian
Laotian
Lilliputian
Martian
Mauritian
peripetian
Sebastian
Serbo-Croatian
Tahitian
Titian

Synonyms and antonyms of Rhaetian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Rhaetian» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

雷蒂亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rético
570 millions of speakers

English

Rhaetian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Rhaetian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Rhaetian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ретийская
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rética
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Rhaetian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rhétique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rhaetian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rhätische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レーティッシュ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

레티 앙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rhaetian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Rhaetian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராடியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेहतियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rhaetian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rhaetian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ретийских
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rhaetian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Rhaetian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Rhätische
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Rhätiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rhaetian
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RHAETIAN»

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Fluvial Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleoclimate of the Late ...
By comparing these paleosols to modern soils, this study demonstrates that the Late Triassic Western Interior during the Late Norian to Rhaetian was arid to semiarid and supported a desert shrub environment that had localized and periodic ...
David M. Cleveland, 2007
2
The Triassic Timescale
Seegis (report to the Keuper Group of the Deutsche Stratigraphische { Commission, 2004 and pers. comm. to H. W. Kozur 2008) has found the lower Rhaetian ostracod species Rhombocythere wicheri (Anderson) in the 's4' of the Kraichgau ...
Spencer G. Lucas, 2010
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A Geologic Time Scale 1989
5.8.4 TRIASSIC Discussion: General remarks: 31 chrons recognized (biozones in Figure 3.8, GTS 89). Four tie-points are used: Rhaetian/ Norian; Carnian/ Ladinian; Ladinian/Anisian and Griesbachian/Tatarian. All except the Carnian/ Ladinian ...
Walter Brian Harland, 1990
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The Geology of Svalbard
Taken together the evidence suggests that these strata are most probably Rhaetian in age. The initial boundary probably being somewhere in the uppermost De Geerdalen Fm and the terminal boundary in the succeeding strata which for the ...
Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, 1997
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The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across ...
They also showed major extinctions in the Car- nianandinthc Rhaetian. Raup and Sepkoski (1982), however, normalized the extinction rates to time by dividing the number of extinctions in the stage by its length in millions of years. Neither the  ...
Kevin Padian, 1988
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Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum libri quatuor. The ...
fau^uIfndlteyUwn^ Tentatura pedes olim, vincturaque linguam ; 94 there are purple and early -p, . ... ripe grape»: and how shaii i r'urpurese, preciaeque, et quo te carmine dicam praise thee, O Rhaetian grape! Rhsetica ? nee cellis ideo ...
Publius Vergilius Maro, John Martyn, 1819
7
Mesozoic Sedimentary and Tectonic History of North-central ...
Although most of the fossils in package 3 are reworked, this package contains Rhaetian ammonoids and directly overlies late Norian strata. Overlying beds of the Rio Asuncion formation contain Choristo- ceras crickmayi Tozer and are also  ...
Claudio Bartolini, James Lee Wilson, Timothy Frost Lawton, 1999
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Biostratigraphic Classification of the Marine Triassic in ...
Hence, if not a clear-cut vindication of the individuality of the Rhaetian, known relations in North America provide no basis for denying its existence. The stratigraphic evidence from North America and elsewhere does suggest that the Rhaetian ...
Norman John Silberling, Edward T. Tozer
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Brachiopods Through Time
1.2 A Rhaetian correlation Rhaetian is used here as in proposal 3 of Wiedmann et al. 1978 (see also Krystyn, 1987) . It succeeds Norian and has an upper boundary against Hettangian rocks with psiloceratid ammonites. Rare ammonites  ...
D. I. MacKinnon, Daphne E. Lee, J. D. Campbell, 1991
10
Applied Stratigraphy
Hhaetian Norian Rhaetian Norian Norian Norian Carnian Norian Norian O Norian Carnian Carnian Carnian Ladinian eg Carnian Ladinian Carnian Ladinian Carnian Ladinian Ladinian Ladinian 'C r- Anisian Anisian Anisian Ladinian Anisian ...
Eduardo A.M. Koutsoukos, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RHAETIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Rhaetian is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 12 Most Epic Sledding Hills On Earth
Cheapflights.com starts its downhill run on Europe's longest floodlit sledding run that starts in Preda and ends in Bergun. A scenic ride up the Rhaetian Railway ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
2
Beautifully Blurred Photos Taken from a Moving Train
London-based artist Rolf Sachs, who we discovered on Photojojo, traveled across Switzerland along the World Heritage Rhaetian Albula/Bernina Railway line ... «Flavorwire, Jan 15»
3
What next for the Gotthard's historic railway?
“The Rhaetian Railway has become more aware and more sustainable in its ... trains the Bernina and the Glacier Express, as well as the Rhaetian Railway.”. «swissinfo.ch, Nov 14»
4
Traveling Europe by Train is a Great Vacation Experience [Video]
A major portion of the journey passes through a World Heritage Site in Albula and Bernina, known as the Rhaetian Railway. The photo at the top of this article ... «Guardian Liberty Voice, Sep 14»
5
Passenger dies after rail accident
The Rhaetian Railway said that it was deeply saddened by the news and expressed its ... Three carriages of a Rhaetian Railway company train derailed on the ... «swissinfo.ch, Aug 14»
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Rhaetian Rail train hits mudslide, 11 injured
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A Rhaetian rail train slammed into a mudslide that ... Grischun, the Graubünden cantonal police and Rhaetian Railway workers. «GenevaLunch news, Aug 14»
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Planet Appetite: Summer Alpine Adventures in Graubünden …
Even UNESCO has recognised the Rhaetian Railway as a World Heritage site, only one of 3 lines in the world. 2014-08-14-RailwayView.jpg. I take the narrow ... «Huffington Post UK, Aug 14»
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Loss of life averted as train derailed by landslide
A spokesman for Rhaetian Railway said the carriages came off the tracks ... Parliamentarian and board member of Rhaetian Railway Stefan Engler was one of ... «swissinfo.ch, Aug 14»
9
Say cheese in Switzerland
Window seat: A ride on the Rhatische Bahn (Rhaetian Railway) offers the ... An hour-and-a-half journey on the Rhaetian Railway takes me from Davos to the ... «Mid-Day, Jul 14»
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Panoramic Bernina Express fetes rail history
As the Rhaetian Railway celebrates its 125th anniversary, The Local's Emily Mawson takes a ride on one of its trains to find out what makes the Graubünden ... «The Local.ch, Jul 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Rhaetian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rhaetian>. Apr 2024 ».
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