See Also: Caledonian orogenic belt(encyclopedia)
Appalachian orogenic belt(encyclopedia)
orogenic(dictionary)
Caledonian(dictionary)
Caledonian Canal(dictionary)
Under the belt(money)
Under the belt(finance)
belt(medicine)
Sun Belt(dictionary)
belt(1)(dictionary)

refulgent (iou) and Caledonian orogenic belt (sh)


refulgent (iou)



refulgent adjective. literary. L15.
[Latin refulgent- pres. ppl stem of refulgere, formed as RE- + fulgere shine: see -ENT.]
Shining with a brilliant light; radiant, gleaming.
I. Colegate Scintillating with a fine refulgent light. transf.: Dickens Bestowing upon the locksmith a most refulgent smile, he left them.
refulgently adverb E17.

Caledonian orogenic belt (sh)




Range of mountains in northwestern Europe, extending in a southwest-northeast direction from Ireland, Wales, and northern England through Norway.

The mountains developed in the period from the start of the Cambrian Period (543 million years ago) to the end of the Silurian Period (งใ 417 million years ago). Remnants also exist in eastern Greenland.