Carboniferous

See also carboniferous

English

Adjective

Wikipedia

Carboniferous (not comparable)

1. (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

Finnish: hiilikautinen (fi), kivihiilikautinen (fi)

French: carbonifère (fr)

relating to carbon or coal

Finnish: hiili-

Proper noun

Carboniferous

1. (geology) the Carboniferous period

Translations

the geologic period

Estonian: karbon (et), kivisöeajastu (et) Finnish: hiilikausi (fi), kivihiilikausi (fi)

French: Carbonifère (fr) m.

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale