Actonian

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of or relating to the architect Samuel Acton; applied to a septennial prize awarded by the Royal Institution.

Proper Noun

  • A stratigraphic age, a subdivision of the Middle Ordivician, from 454 Ma to 453 Ma.

Origin

  • Acton + -ian, after Samuel Acton (c.1773–1837)
  • Acton + -ian, after Acton Scott (in UK)

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