Tethys
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τηθύς (Tēthús).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛθɪs/, /ˈtiːθɪs/
Proper noun
Tethys
- (Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.
- (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 106:
- Much of the Tethys was shallow and warm during the Mesozoic, and full of life, a marine paradise of sorts: ammonites and sharks thrived, and are now preserved as fossils that date the rocks.
- The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
- (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
Synonyms
(ocean during the Mesozoic):
- Tethys Ocean / Tethys Sea
- Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea
- Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea
(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):
- (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
- (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas
Hypernyms
(ocean during the Mesozoic):
- (the iterative ocean basin) Tethyan Ocean / Tethyan Sea
- (collectively, all iterations) Tethyan Oceans / Tethyan Seas
Hyponyms
(Paleogeographic ocean between the African continental core and the Asian continental core):
- (Mesozoic) Neotethys / Neotethys Ocean / Neotethys Sea / Neo-Tethys / Neo-Tethys Ocean / Neo-Tethys Sea
- (Paleozoic) Paleotethys / Paleotethys Ocean / Paleotethys Sea / Paleo-Tethys / Paleo-Tethys Ocean / Paleo-Tethys Sea / Palaeotethys / Palaeotethys Ocean / Palaeotethys Sea / Palaeo-Tethys / Palaeo-Tethys Ocean / Palaeo-Tethys Sea
- (Neoproterozoic) Prototethys / Prototethys Ocean / Prototethys Sea / Proto-Tethys / Proto-Tethys Ocean / Proto-Tethys Sea
(ocean during the Mesozoic):
- Paratethys / Paratethys Ocean / Paratethys Sea / Para-Tethys / Para-Tethys Ocean / Para-Tethys Sea
- Alpine Tethys / Alpine Tethys Ocean / Alpine Tethys Sea
- Western Tethys / Western Tethys Ocean / Western Tethys Sea
- Western Neotethys / Western Neotethys Ocean / Western Neotethys Sea
- Western Neo-Tethys / Western Neo-Tethys Ocean / Western Neo-Tethys Sea
- Eastern Tethys / Eastern Tethys Ocean / Eastern Tethys Sea
- Eastern Neotethys / Eastern Neotethys Ocean / Eastern Neotethys Sea
- Eastern Neo-Tethys / Eastern Neo-Tethys Ocean / Eastern Neo-Tethys Sea
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Tethyan
- Neotethys / Neo-Tethys
- Paleotethys / Paleo-Tethys / Palaeotethys / Palaeo-Tethys
- Prototethys / Proto-Tethys
- Paratethys / Para-Tethys
- Alpine Tethys
- Eastern Tethys
- Western Tethys
Translations
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