Ordovician

English

Etymology

Named by Charles Lapworth in 1879 after the Celtic tribe of the Ordovices.

Adjective

Ordovician (comparative more Ordovician, superlative most Ordovician)

1. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and upper epochs from about 488 to 443 million years ago.

Proper noun

Ordovician

1. (geology) The Ordovician period.

Translations

Ordovician period

• Czech: ordovik m
• Estonian: ordoviitsium
• Finnish: ordoviikkikausi (fi)
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• Greek: Ορδοβίκια f (Ordovíkia)
• Hungarian: ordovícium
• Russian: ордови́кский пери́од m (ordovíkskij períod), ордови́к (ru) m (ordovík)
• Vietnamese: kỉ Oóc-đô-vít

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale