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Tekoälykääntäjä

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈtɛθɪs/
KäännösKonteksti
Erisnimet
1.
Thetys {die}
astronomia

Määritelmät

Erisnimet

  1. (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.
  2. (geology) A large ocean which formerly lay between Eurasia and Africa.
  3. The iteration of this oceanic basin during the Mesozoic, the most recent iteration.
  4. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Esimerkit

  • 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.