Definitions for Permian

Permian Per·mi·an

Spelling: [pur-mee-uh n]
IPA: /ˈpɜr mi ən/

Permian is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in Permian (aeimnpr).

Definitions for Permian

noun

  1. Geology. the Permian Period or System.
  2. Permic.

adjective

  1. Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.

Origin of Permian

First recorded in 1835-45; Perm + -ian

Examples for Permian

The Permian, geologically speaking, was a period of transition.

In the marls and sandstones of the Permian period there is also much gypsum.

Still the Permian has some life features of its own, and we must now turn to these.

Proreptilia are represented by the Permian genera Eryops and Cricotus.

Physically, the transition from the Permian to the Trias is easy.

I am today in Odessa, Texas, here to speak this afternoon at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

It was in these seas that the Permian strata were accumulated.

Clearly it does, because the Permian rocks have evidently 327 not been disturbed thereby.

On the higher storey is the chapel of St Stephen the Permian.

The upper series is named the Permian, from the province of Perm in Russia.

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