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PRECAMBRIAN EON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Precambrian eon mean?
• PRECAMBRIAN EON (noun)
The noun PRECAMBRIAN EON has 1 sense:
1. the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago
Familiarity information: PRECAMBRIAN EON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Precambrian; Precambrian aeon; Precambrian eon; Precambrian period
Instance hypernyms:
aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)
Meronyms (parts of "Precambrian eon"):
Proterozoic; Proterozoic aeon; Proterozoic eon (from 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms)
Archaeozoic; Archaeozoic aeon; Archean; Archean aeon; Archean eon; Archeozoic; Archeozoic eon (the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life)
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