NEPTUNIAN

Nep*tu"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Neptunius belonging to Neptune: cf. F. neptunien.]

1. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks. Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races.

– Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; -- opposed to the Plutonic theory.

Nep*tu"ni*an, Nep"tu*nist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. neptinien, neptuniste.] (Geol.)

Definition: One who adopts the neptunian theory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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