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precambrian

Pre·cam·bri·an
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pree-kam-bree-uh n, -keym-]
    • /priˈkæm bri ən, -ˈkeɪm-/
    • /priˈk.æm.briən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pree-kam-bree-uh n, -keym-]
    • /priˈkæm bri ən, -ˈkeɪm-/

Definitions of precambrian word

  • adjective precambrian noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas. 1
  • noun precambrian the Precambrian Era. 1
  • adjective precambrian of, denoting, or formed in the earliest geological era, which lasted for about 4 000 000 000 years before the Cambrian period 0
  • adjective precambrian designating or of the division of geologic time covering all the time before the Cambrian Period, equivalent to the Archean Eon and the Proterozoic Eon 0
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Origin of precambrian

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; pre- + Cambrian

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Parts of speech for Precambrian

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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precambrian popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • cryptozoic

    of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic

  • archean

    designating or of the geologic eon characterized by the development of the first igneous and metamorphic rocks and the first marine microorganisms; Precambrian, esp. early Precambrian

  • archeozoic

    early Precambrian; Archean

  • azoic

    without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains

  • basement complex

    the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.

  • canadian shield

    (in Canada) the wide area of Precambrian rock extending west from the Labrador coast to the basin of the Mackenzie and north from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay and the Arctic: rich in minerals
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