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洪積世 (kousekisei) Japanese meaning: Diluvial epoch | Kotomora

洪こう積せき世せい

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Meanings

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Diluvial epoch; Pleistocene

obsolete term

Obsolete geological term for the Pleistocene epoch. Replaced by 更新世 (こうしんせい) in modern usage.

See also: 更新世

洪こう積せき世せいは、現げん在ざいでは更こう新

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ある

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The Diluvial epoch is a geological period now called the Pleistocene.

Kanji

洪deluge, flood, vast
積volume, product (x*y), acreage
世generation, world, society

Related words

更こう新しん世せい
Modern term for the Pleistocene epoch; 洪積世 is the obsolete equivalent.

Etymology

From 洪積 (diluvial) + 世 (epoch). The term reflects an older geological theory and has been superseded by 更新世.