Silurian (the Silurian)

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• Silurian — Si*lu ri*an, a. [From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Silurian (disambiguation) — Silurian may refer to: * The Silurian, a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, c. 439 million years ago to the beginning of the Devonian period, c. 408.5 million years ago* Silurian (Doctor… …   Wikipedia

• Silurian — [si loor′ē ən, sīloor′ē ən] adj. 1. of the Silures 2. [because the rocks were first found in an area in SE Wales: see SILURES] [sometimes s ] designating or of the third geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, characterized by the development of… …   English World dictionary

• Silurian Hills — The Silurian Hills are a small range of hills in the Mojave Desert east of the Avawatz Mountains and Silurian Valley in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The range lies in a northwest southeasterly direction, and is about… …   Wikipedia

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• Silurian — Si*lu ri*an, n. The Silurian age. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Silurian — ► ADJECTIVE Geology ▪ referring to the third period of the Palaeozoic era (between the Ordovician and Devonian periods, about 439 to 409 million years ago), a time when the first fish and land plants appeared. ORIGIN from Silures, the Latin name… …   English terms dictionary

• Silurian — 1708, pertaining to the Silures, from L. Silures ancient British tribe inhabiting southeast Wales. Geological sense is from 1835, coined by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792 1871) because rocks of this period are especially frequent in Wales …   Etymology dictionary

• The Great Story — The Great Story, or Epic of Evolution refer to mythopoetic language used by a social movement (or meta religious movement) that tells the history of the Universe in ways that are simultaneously scientific and sacred. It is an articulation of the… …   Wikipedia

• The Dry Salvages (novella) — The Dry Salvages is a futuristic science fiction story of novella length by Caitlín R. Kiernan, published in 2004 as a stand alone hardback volume by Subterranean Press. The story consists of two parallel narratives, one set in the novella s… …   Wikipedia

• The Great Devonian Controversy — was the result of differences in interpretation of rock formations in Devon, England that was eventually resolved in 1839.In mapping the strata of Wales, Roderick Murchison and Adam Sedgwick wrote Silurian and Cambrian systems (1835) while Henry… …   Wikipedia