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Rhaetic

British  
/ ˈriːtɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a series of rocks formed in the late Triassic period

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the Rhaetic series

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The film’s minimal dialogue is conducted in reconstructed Rhaetic, a language spoken in the eastern Alps in pre-Roman and Roman times.

From Nature • Mar. 13, 2018

In both a successive series of continental deposits, ranging from the Carboniferous to the Rhaetic, rests on an older base of crystalline rocks.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Rhaetic beds, the so-called “White Lias,” are exposed in Pinhay Bay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Elsewhere the plants generally indicate a higher horizon and are considered to correspond with the Rhaetic of Europe.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The first remains—two teeth of a small marsupial—were discovered in the Rhaetic beds of the Upper Trias, and a somewhat similar discovery has been made in beds of corresponding periods in Devonshire and North America.

From Story of Creation as Told By Theology and By Science by Ackland, T. S. (Thomas Suter)

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