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GEOLOGIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or based on geology
Example:
geologic forces
Synonyms:
geologic; geological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Derivation:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Context examples:
Further application of the new method promises to reach farther back, one step and geologic record at a time.
(Deep-sea sediments lead to new understanding of solar system, National Science Foundation)
That's relatively fresh in geologic terms; previous studies have estimated these basins all stopped contracting about 1.2 billion years ago.
(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)
Understanding the geologic environment that produces antibacterial minerals is important for identifying other promising locations, and for evaluating specific deposits with bactericidal activity.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
The problem is that many experts assumed that early Earth craters have been worn away by wind, storms, and other geologic processes.
(Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History, NASA)
Subtle albedo variations across the disk of Rhea hint at past geologic activity.
(Regarding Rhea, NASA)
Geologic time is broken down into eons, eras, periods and epochs.
(Geologic time scale, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
The very place, where he have been alive, Un-Dead for all these centuries, is full of strangeness of the geologic and chemical world.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Closely related to dinosaurs, they disappeared some 66 million years ago, in the geologic period known as Cretaceous, and left no descendants.
(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)
A global ocean would be surprising, said Tajeddine, as the surface of Mimas does not display signs of geologic activity.
(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)
Fiber-optic cables in a global undersea telecommunications network could one day help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)
