Climate and the Carboniferous Period. West Virginia today is mostly an erosional plateau carved up into steep ridges and narrow valleys, but 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period, it was part of a vast equatorial coastal swamp extending many hundreds of miles and barely rising above sea level.
technically speaking definition, technically speaking meaning | English dictionary. technical. n. 1. the art of public speaking in which gesture, vocal production, and delivery are emphasized 2.the study of formal speaking in pronunciation, grammar, style, and tone. n. ! n.
Bileam), regard the statements about the ass speaking as figurative; the ass brayed, and Balaam translated the sound into words. But it was not until 1609 that, the great Martian labour being at length completed, he was able, in his own figurative language, to lead the captive planet to the foot of the imperial throne. The word is more generally employed in its figurative or transferred sense, to describe a gathering of brilliant or distinguished persons or objects.