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Aeolian
1[ ee-oh-lee-uhn ]
Aeolian
2[ ee-oh-lee-uhn ]
adjective
- Also belonging to a nation of people in ancient Greece named after Aeolus, its legendary founder.
- (lowercase) Geology. noting or pertaining to sand or rock material carried or arranged by the wind.
noun
- a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Compare Achaean ( def 5 ), Dorian 1( def 2 ), Ionian ( def 3 ).
aeolian
1/ iːˈəʊlɪən /
adjective
- of or relating to the wind; produced or carried by the wind
Aeolian
2/ iːˈəʊlɪən /
noun
- a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Thessaly and Boeotia and colonized Lesbos and parts of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor
aeolian
/ ē-ō′lē-ən /
- See eolian
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Example Sentences
The two highest of these keys—the Hyper-lydian and the Hyper-aeolian—appear to have been added in the time of the Empire.
He added, presently, a great AEolian Orchestrelle, with a variety of music for his different moods.
The island here referred to is Hiera, one of the Aeolian isles, north-east of Sicily.
We owe to him the earliest counting-machine, and it was he who perfected the Aeolian harp, the speaking tube, and the microscope.
Other observers narrate that they have heard the efficacy of Aeolian sounds spoken of in Scotland for producing sleep.
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