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Cretaceous acid, an old name for
carbonic acid. -- Cretaceous formation
(Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds,
including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the
Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See
the Diagram under Geology. -- Cretaceous
period (Geol.), the time in the latter part
of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited.

Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv. In a
chalky manner; as chalk.

Cre"tan (krē"tan), a.
Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. --
n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or
Candia.

Crete (krēt), n. [L.
Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan

Cre"tian (krē"shan), a. &
n. See Cretan.

Cre"tic (krē"t&ibreve;k), n.
[L. Creticus (sc. pes foot), Gr.
Kritiko`s (sc. poy`s foot), prop., a Cretan
(metrical) foot.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot,
composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- ⌣
-). Bentley.


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