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Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea.
  2. a. Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.
  3. n. Alt. of Neptunist
  4. 1. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea. 2. (Geol.) Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks. Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races. -- Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; -- opposed to the Plutonic theory. One who adopts the neptunian theory.
  5. Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks.Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races.-- Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referredthe formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; --opposed to the Plutonic theory.
  6. a. Of or pertaining to the ocean or sea. a. Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks. n. Alt. of Neptunist