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Definition: Stone Age |
Stone AgeNoun1. (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Stone Age n.,adj. 1. In computer folklore, an ill-defined period from ENIAC (ca. 1943) to the mid-1950s; the great age of electromechanical dinosaurs. Sometimes used for the entire period up to 1960-61 (see Iron Age); however, it is funnier and more descriptive to characterize the latter period in terms of a `Bronze Age' era of transistor-logic, pre-ferrite-core machines with drum or CRT mass storage (as opposed to just mercury delay lines and/or relays). See also Iron Age. 2. More generally, a pejorative for any crufty, ancient piece of hardware or software technology. Note that this is used even by people who were there for the Stone Age (sense 1). Source: Jargon File. |
Literature | Stone Age (The). The period when stone implements were used. It preceded the bronze age. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Stone Age is that ancient time period during which, humans created most of their tools from stone (for lack of better technology). The date range of this period is ambiguous, disputed, and variable according to the region in question. However, in general, it is believed that this period began somewhere between 2 and 5 million years ago and began with the first human (or pre-human) tool-making. The period was followed by the Bronze Age, during which bronze tools became common; this transition occurred between 6000 and 2500 BC.
The term is from the three-age system. The Stone Age is now subdivided into Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, which in turn are often further subdivided.
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Crosswords: Stone Age |
| English words defined with "Stone Age": Archaeolithic ♦ Bronze age ♦ eolithic, Eolithic Age ♦ mesolithic, Mesolithic Age ♦ neolithic, Neolithic Age ♦ palaeolithic, paleolithic, Paleolithic Age. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Stone Age": Telecommunications Device for the Deaf. (references) |
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Screenplays | The Stone Age can't coexist with the Twentieth Century. (Inside; writing credit: Bima Stagg) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Club Life in the Stone Age (1940) Stone Age Error (1932) The Stone Age (1922) Stone Age Roost Robber (1916) A Stone Age Adventure (1915) | |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The dark ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Expression using "Stone Age": the stone age. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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queens of the stone age | 2,535 |
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queens of the stone age mp3 | 21 |
the old stone age | 14 |
queens of the stone age song for the deaf | 10 |
queens of the stone age poster | 7 |
the stone age diet | 4 |
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queens of the stone age tour | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Stone Age"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | epokë e gurit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العصر الحجري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | каменната ера, каменният век. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | doba kamenná. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kivikausi (the Stone Age), kivikauden aikuinen (of the Stone Age). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Steinzeit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παλαιολιθική εποχή, λίθινη εποχή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kőkorszak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 石器時代 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せっきじ い. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Eash ny Claghyn (The Stone Age), Yn Eash Chloaie (The Stone Age). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onestay ageay каменный век. (various references) kameno doba. (various references) la edad de piedra (the stone age), edad de piedra (the stone age). (various references) stenåldern (Stone Age (the), the stone age). (various references) taş devri. (various references) thời kỳ đ" đá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: goatees, negates, onstage. | |
-2 letters: agenes, agents, agones, atones, egesta, enates, genets, genoas, gentes, goatee, negate, sateen, senate, senega, tangos, tongas. | |
-3 letters: aeons, agene, agent, agone, agons, angst, antes, atone, eaten, egest, enate, etnas, gates, geest, genes, genet, genoa, gents, geste, getas, gnats, goats, nates, neats, notes, oaten, ogees, onset, santo, segno, sente, setae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: elongates. | |
+2 letters: autogenies, entourages, gantelopes, generators, gravestone, mangosteen, negotiates, oxygenates, teratogens, wagonettes. | |
+3 letters: anecdotages, baronetages, congregates, delegations, denegations, dermatogens, ergotamines, genealogist, generations, geobotanies, goaltenders, gravestones, halogenates, hatemongers, homogenates, mangosteens, nitrogenase, outgenerals, relegations, segregation, vegetations. | |
+4 letters: antiestrogen, beardtongues, cogenerators, congealments, decongestant, deoxygenates, ferromagnets, gametogenous, genealogists, geomagnetism, governorates, hematogenous, homesteading, hydrogenates, interrogates, magnetopause, megatonnages, nematologies, nitrogenases, nondelegates, overgarments, pathogeneses, pathogenesis, pomegranates, regenerators, renegotiates, segmentation, segregations, seronegative, speedboating, stenographer, witenagemots. | |
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