1Relating to or denoting the fifth climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, following the Sub-Boreal stage (from about 2,800 years ago to the present day). The climate has been cooler and wetter than in the earlier postglacial periods.
〔地质〕亚大西洋气候时期的
Example sentencesExamples
The Sub-Boreal climate, c.3000-c.500 B.C., was somewhat warmer and less humid than the Sub-Atlantic,
1.1as noun the Sub-AtlanticThe Sub-Atlantic climatic stage.
亚大西洋气候时期
Definition of Sub-Atlantic in US English:
Sub-Atlantic
adjectivesəbətˈlan(t)ik
Geology
1Relating to or denoting the fifth climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, following the Sub-Boreal stage (from about 2,800 years ago to the present day). The climate has been cooler and wetter than in the earlier postglacial periods.
〔地质〕亚大西洋气候时期的
Example sentencesExamples
The Sub-Boreal climate, c.3000-c.500 B.C., was somewhat warmer and less humid than the Sub-Atlantic,
1.1as noun the Sub-AtlanticThe Sub-Atlantic climatic stage.