"Tonian" meaning in English

See Tonian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τόνος||stretch}} Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Tonian (not comparable)
  1. (geology) Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-Tonian-en-adj-Yszc0VxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Estonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 47 53 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|τόνος||stretch}} Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tonian
  1. (geology) The Tonian period. Categories (topical): Geology Translations (Tonian period): ton (Estonian), Τόνια (Tónia) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-Tonian-en-name-U5OAFCd3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 44 56 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Download JSON data for Tonian meaning in English (2.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tonian (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "en:Geology",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago."
      ],
      "id": "en-Tonian-en-adj-Yszc0VxD",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "geologic",
          "geologic"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "Neoproterozoic",
          "Neoproterozoic"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tonian"
  ],
  "word": "Tonian"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Tonian",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "en:Geology",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Tonian period."
      ],
      "id": "en-Tonian-en-name-U5OAFCd3",
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) The Tonian period."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Tonian period",
          "word": "ton"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Tónia",
          "sense": "Tonian period",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Τόνια"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tonian"
  ],
  "word": "Tonian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tonian (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "geologic",
          "geologic"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "Neoproterozoic",
          "Neoproterozoic"
        ],
        [
          "era",
          "era"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 1000 to 850 million years ago."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tonian"
  ],
  "word": "Tonian"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stretch"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “stretch”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Tonian",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Tonian period."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) The Tonian period."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Tonian period",
      "word": "ton"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tónia",
      "sense": "Tonian period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Τόνια"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Tonian"
  ],
  "word": "Tonian"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (372f256 and 664a3bc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.