mesolithic
/ˌmesəˈlɪθɪk/adjective
उच्चारण मेसलिथिक
मध्यपाषाण-कालीन, मध्यपाषाण युग का
Advanced word
adjective
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connected with the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic periods, when people used small stone tools
मध्यपाषाण-कालीन, मध्यपाषाण युग का
- Mesolithic people lived by hunting, fishing and gathering food.
- Small Mesolithic stone tools called microliths have been found at Bagor in Rajasthan.
⌂Word origin and word building
From Greek mesos, meaning 'middle', and lithos, meaning 'stone'.
यह शब्द Greek के mesos ('मध्य') और lithos ('पत्थर') से बना है।
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General knowledge
The Stone Age is divided into the Palaeolithic (old), Mesolithic (middle) and Neolithic (new) periods, and the tiny stone tools of the Mesolithic period are called microliths.
पाषाण युग को Palaeolithic (पुरा), Mesolithic (मध्य) और Neolithic (नव) कालों में बाँटा जाता है, और Mesolithic काल के छोटे पत्थर के औज़ारों को microliths कहा जाता है।