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Definition of Azoic
1. Adjective. Before the appearance of life. "Azoic rocks contain not organic remains"
Definition of Azoic
1. a. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
Definition of Azoic
1. Adjective. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic rocks. ¹
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Definition of Azoic
1. pertaining to geologic time before the appearance of life [adj]
Medical Definition of Azoic
1.
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. Rocks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Azoic
Literary usage of Azoic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1866)
"The surface -without markings is occupied by rocks of undetermined age, that on
the east mostly crystalline. I. azoic TIME OR ..."
2. A Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1870)
"The azoic Age commenced with the origin of the earth's crust, and includes the
oldest ... The azoic rocks extend around the whole sphere; but, in general, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1860)
"THE azoic slates of the American shore of Lake Superior have been regarded as
... There is between the azoic system of the Michigan Reports and the ..."
4. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1884)
"We now pass to the consideration of some later publications relating to the azoic
rocks of Michigan. In 1881, the fourth volume of the Report of the ..."
5. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"The topics relating to the azoic rocks, will be presented first, and then the
others in ... azoic FORMATION.—The folding of the azoic rocks, and their great ..."
6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1860)
"THE azoic slates of the American shore of Lake Superior have been regarded as
... There is between the azoic system of the Michigan Reports and the ..."
7. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"This so-called azoic series, according to Rogers, underlies the auroral ...
The azoic or so-called metamorphic primal strata are said to have a very uniform ..."
8. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1890)
"THE azoic SYSTEM. The following is quoted from the new Century dictionary :
The "azoic system" or series of Foster and Whitney includes ..."
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