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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Trenton period

/trĕn'-tən pĭr'-ē-əd/ · Tren·ton pe·ri·od · IPA
01 A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and th…
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    A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology.(Geol.) See: Geology