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Webster 1913 Edition
Carboniferous
Carˊbon-if′er-ous
(kärˊbŏn-ĭf′ẽr-ŭs)
, Adj.
[
Carbon
+ -ferous
.] Producing or containing carbon or coal.
Carboniferous age
(Geol.)
, the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegetation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See
– Age of acrogens
, under Acrogen
. Carboniferous formation
(Geol.)
, the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the
Carboniferous age
or Carboniferous period
. See the Diagram under Geology
.Webster 1828 Edition
Carboniferous
CARBONIFEROUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
See also: carboniferous
English
Adjective
Carboniferous (not comparable)
- (geology) of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down
Translations
relating to the geologic period
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Proper noun
Carboniferous
- (geology) the Carboniferous period
Translations
the geologic period
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See also
- Appendix:Geologic timescale
carboniferous
carboniferous
See also: Carboniferous
English
Adjective
carboniferous (comparative more carboniferous, superlative most carboniferous)
- Containing or producing carbon.
Translations
containing or producing carbon
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