millennial
千年
definition
noun
the industry brims with theories on what makes millennials tick
a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000; a Generation Yer.
adjective
the current increase in hurricanes is only a small fluctuation within this longer millennial cycle
denoting or relating to a period of a thousand years.
the millennial anniversary of Leif Eiriksson's voyage to the New World
denoting or relating to an anniversary of a thousand years.
translation of 'millennial'
adjective
千福年的
example
Consequently, brachiopod diversity, shell morphometrics, and geochemical signatures extracted from shell beds may represent records averaged over centennial to 'millennial' timescales.
The 'millennial' conversations between Mesopotamian and Greek, Islamic and European, Chinese and Western, literate and nonliterate cultures have often been complex.
As a director, his feature debut Last Night was probably the best film version of 'millennial' angst.
Superimposed on this long-frequency / large-amplitude wavelength are smaller oscillations on 'millennial' to annual time scales.
Of all the 'millennial' projects, the extension of the London Underground, under the direction of Roland Paoletti, is one of the most admirable.
I have not seen the film, but I understand that it has become a cult favorite among those who respond to 'millennial' nostalgia.
This ageless question is at the heart of Harold's investigation of the unique capacity of organisms "to reproduce themselves indefinitely, and arise on a 'millennial' time-scale by the interplay of variation and selection that underlies biological evolution."
A higher proportion of 'millennial' adults (those 26 years of age and younger) have become core wine drinkers, more than Generation X.
Located in the dusty backwater of Datong, a provincial city in northeast China, the movie depicts a global village in the throes of 'millennial' malaise.
Carey created the work, she says, as a 'millennial' lament and as a grieving piece for her deceased mother, brother and father.
Snobby people from other countries like to make fun of the U.S. for its abbreviated history and its uncouth culture, particularly compared with the 'millennial' legacies of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
And now, in two parts, to coincide with the 'millennial' seasons 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, comes Arthur.
Climatic cooling, whether it is on a short (decadal or century) or a long ( 'millennial' ) timescale, tends to cool the poles more than the tropics.
In the sixteenth century, Western mathematics emerged swiftly from a 'millennial' decline.
If for nothing else, the 'millennial' year in Britain was remarkable for an extraordinary expansion in museum construction.
Born from 1975 to 1980, these cuspers possess an interesting mix of generation X skepticism and 'millennial' optimism.
Speakers and participants in the session discussed generational differences between the 'millennial' generation—beginning with people born in 1980—now hitting the workplace and workers of earlier generations.
Chester is a town with significant histories stretching from Roman times, through medieval England, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and now these 'millennial' times.
This project, contextual and pragmatic, could have been the best of a bunch of major 'millennial' monuments in a deconstructivist style.
Less than a decade later, Martin Luther began the Reformation, and religious wars dragged Europe down to a 'millennial' low.
Drilling at Vostok in Antarctica has produced an outstanding record of climate and atmospheric composition on 'millennial' to centennial time scales for the last 420,000 years (Figs. 1,7).
Another distinguishing feature of 'Millennials' is that they come to college from a lifestyle that was highly scheduled.
We live in a world where our children are 'millennials' .
Studying the characteristics of 'Millennials' helps educators understand how today's college generation may be different from previous ones.
Boomers are more process oriented while Xers and 'Millennials' are known to be questioning generations.
Even by the low standards of his party, he has underperformed at reaching 'millennials' in the thriving culture where they live.
Pushed to describe what general movement he witnesses among 'Millennial' drinkers, Jacobus says, "The current generation are definitely drinking differently."
'Millennial' young adults will vote more heavily, and be far more engaged in mainstream politics, than Gen Xers were at that age.
But rising 'Millennials' will be encouraged to build more than reflect.
Mentoring is especially important to Xers and 'Millennials' who usually welcome the opportunity to learn from an experienced advisor.
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