Definition of Eocne
E"o*cene (?), a. [Gr. &?; daybreak,
dawn + &?; new, recent.] (Geol.) Pertaining to the first
in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation
is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its
life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. --
n. The Eocene formation.
Lyell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (geology) of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago
- (geology) the Eocene epoch
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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