neogen

[NEOGENE.] Chem.: A name given to an alloy resembling silver. It consists of copper, zinc, nickel, and tin. në-o-gene, a. [Pref. neo-, and Gr. gennaō=to produce. Geol.: A term used by some continental geologists to denote the Pliocene and Miocene Tertiaries, in contradistinction to the older strata of the Eocene. ( Page .)