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Definition of Jurassic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era.

2. Noun. From 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers.

Definition of Jurassic

1. a. Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains.

Definition of Jurassic

1. Adjective. (geology) Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe. ¹

3. Proper noun. The period from 200 to 146 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic formations of this period. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jurassic

1. of or pertaining to a certain geologic time period [adj]

Medical Definition of Jurassic

1. Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. The Jurassic period or formation; called also the Jura. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Jurassic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"10 (N. compta) is a characteristic member of the jurassic flora, ... been found in great abundance in jurassic and possibly higher strata in Wyoming, ..."

2. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE jurassic PERIOD THE name jurassic was first used by Brogniart and ... In Europe the jurassic has long been a favourite subject of study, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"nental expansion towards the east was far greater in jurassic time than now, especially in the tropical and South American regions. ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1880)
"jurassic PERIOD (17). The jurassic period derives its name from the Jura Mountains, on the western borders of Switzerland, one of the regions characterized ..."

5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE jurassic PERIOD. The eastern part of the continent.—Formations of jurassic age have not been certainly identified in the eastern half of the continent. ..."

6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE jurassic PERIOD. The eastern part of the continent.—Formations of jurassic age have not been certainly identified in the eastern half of the continent. ..."

7. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"The fossils described in this article are all from American jurassic rocks, ... Jules Marcou mentioned the occurrence of jurassic rocks along the line of ..."

8. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"Formations of jurassic age have not been certainly identified in the eastern ... Atlantic Coastal Plain have recently been described as jurassic;1 but thus ..."

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