Associations to the word «Eocene»

Wiktionary

EOCENE, adjective. (geology) of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 56 to 34 million years ago.
EOCENE, proper noun. (geology) the Eocene epoch

Dictionary definition

EOCENE, noun. From 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky