Definitions for Laurentian

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Laurentian Lau·ren·tian

Spelling: [law-ren-shuh n]

IPA: /lɔˈrɛn ʃən/

Laurentian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 587 anagrams from letters in Laurentian (aaeilnnrtu).

Definitions for Laurentian

adjective

1. of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
2. Geology. noting or pertaining to the granite intrusions and orogeny in Canada around the Great Lakes during Archeozoic time.

plural noun

1. a range of low mountains in E Canada, between the St. Lawrence River and Hudson Bay.

Origin of Laurentian

1860-65; Late Latin Laurenti(us) Lawrence (orig. adj., equivalent to Laurent(ēs) men of Laurentum + -ius -ious) + -an

Examples for Laurentian

Let this suffice at present for the Cambrian and Laurentian rocks.

In the end he accomplished the desire of his heart, and sailed on the 'Laurentian'.

It is also akin to the Serpentine filling the pores of Eozoon in the Laurentian.

The Laurentian formation of gneiss and granite, of unknown thickness.

We have considered the Laurentian highland and the glaciation which centered there.

The white and gray Laurentian boulders lay along the roadside.

In this broad sense we may be said to be still living in the Laurentian epoch.

Below these beds but one series of beds is as yet known in the world, called the “Laurentian.”

From the Laurentian up to the recent rocks there has never been any real hiatus.

It is from this model that Vasari executed the much-criticised staircase of the Laurentian.