Cenozoic
pronunciation
How to pronounce Cenozoic in British English:
UK [ˌsi:nəˈzəuik]
How to pronounce Cenozoic in American English:
US [ˌsinəˈzoɪk, ˌsɛnə-]
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- Noun:
- approximately the last 63 million years
Word Origin
- Cenozoic (adj.)
- 1841, Cainozoic, from Latinized form of Greek kainos "new, fresh, recent, novel" (see recent) + zoon "animal" (see zoo). The era that began with the demise of the dinosaurs and the rise of "recent" species.
Example
- 1. Shenzhen cenozoic industrial development co. , ltd. chengdu branch .
- 2. The research is devoted to quantitatively depict the dynamic processes of tectonic collision and uplift and environmental changes at different time scales since the cenozoic era .
- 3. Cenozoic evolution of sediment accumulation in deltaic and shore-zone depositional systems , northern gulf of mexico basin .
- 4. From archeozoic to cenozoic , there were magmatic actions in occurrence during every period .
- 5. The uplift history of tibetan plateau and himalaya is the key boundary condition in many cenozoic geological events .