Defn: More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the
Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.
NEO-CHRISTIANITY
Ne`o-Chris*tian"i*ty ( or ), n. Etym: [Neo- + Christianity.]
Defn: Rationalism.
NEOCLASSIC
Ne`o*clas"sic, a. [Neo- + classic.]
Defn: Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.
NEOCLASSIC ARCHITECTURE
Neoclassic architecture.
Defn: All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.
NEOCOMIAN Ne`o*co"mi*an, n. Etym: [From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur.] (Geol.)
Defn: A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.
NEOCOMIAN
Ne`o*co"mi*an, a. (Geol.)