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Definition of Eolian
1. Noun. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Definition of Eolian
1. a. Æolian.
Definition of Eolian
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of aeolian) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eolian
1. pertaining to the wind [adj]
Medical Definition of Eolian
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1. Aeolian.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eolian
Literary usage of Eolian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... has made in the northern part of Yakutia have demonstrated that this squeezing-out
process was accompanied by eolian transport of the powered rock. ..."
2. The New Music Review and Church Music Review by American Guild of Organists (1906)
"Josef Lhevinne, /eolian Hall. Symphony Society of New York, /eolian Hall."
Song Recital. ... Piano Recital, David Sapirstein, eolian Hall. Piano Recital. ..."
3. A Handbook of Rocks, for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1908)
"THE AQUEOUS AND eolian ROCKS. INTRODUCTION. THE BRECCIAS AND MECHANICAL SEDIMENTS
NOT LIMESTONES. The members of this, the second grand division, ..."
4. A Handbook of Rocks for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1918)
"THE AQUEOUS AND eolian ROCKS. INTRODUCTION. THE BRECCIAS AND MECHANICAL SEDIMENTS
NOT LIMESTONES. The members of this, the second grand division, ..."
5. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"——G. eolian Cross-bedding.—Cross-bedding of wind construction is marked by its
extreme irregularity (Fig. 51). This is due to the variability of direction ..."
6. Manual of Geology: Designed for the Use of Colleges and Academies by Ebenezer Emmons (1860)
"Under either name they, include the Alluvium, eolian sand, ... eolian Sands.—They
are coast sands, which are continually driven inwards by the prevalent ..."
7. Greece, Ancient and Modern: Lectures Delivered Before the Lowell Institute by Cornelius Conway Felton (1877)
"... now to a brief consideration of the second of the three subordinate types of
the Hellenic character, as manifested in the lyrical ages, — the ^eolian. ..."
8. Irrigation Engineering by Arthur Powell Davis, Herbert Michael Wilson (1919)
"eolian soils are those which have been deposited by wind action, and are common
in the neighborhood of broad shallow streams or lakes, whose fluctuating ..."
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