English Dictionary

nummulitic

形容詞

比較不可

(geology) Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.

日本語の意味

ヌミュライトに関連する、またはヌミュライトを含む岩石。特に始新世の石灰岩形成として認識されるタイプを指す。

The field geologists carefully documented the nummulitic limestone outcrop, noting its abundance of disc-shaped foraminifera.

野外の地質学者たちは、円盤状の有孔虫であるヌムリテスを多く含む石灰岩の露頭を注意深く記録した。

意味（1）

(geology) Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.

Such was the abundance of Nummulites throughout the length of the Tethys that in many places their remains formed a distinctive kind of rock called nummulitic limestone which, since ancient times, has been much favoured for construction.