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Of or relating to the geologic eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative form of Proterozoic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
The eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma, the beginning of the Phanerozoic, marked by the build up of oxygen in the atmosphere and the emergence of primitive multicellular life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Precambrian
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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from 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Proterozoic eon, Proterozoic aeon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eon, aeon
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
proterotsooinen
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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French:
protérozoïque
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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German:
proterozoisch
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Greek:
προτεροζωικός
(proterozoïkós)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Hebrew:
פרוטרוזואיקאי
(proterozo'ikái)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Irish:
Prótarasóch
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Italian:
proterozoico
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Mongolian:
анх төрмөлийн
(anx törmöliin)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Mongolian:
анхны
(anxny)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Portuguese:
proterozoico
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Russian:
протерозо́йский
(protɛrozójskij)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Spanish:
Proterozoico
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Tibetan:
གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན
(gdod ma'i srog ldan)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Tibetan:
གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན་ཆགས་རིམ་གྱི
(gdod ma'i srog ldan chags rim gyi)
— of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago
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Chinese Mandarin:
元古宙
(Yuángǔzhòu)
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Czech:
starohory
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Czech:
proterozoikum
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Dutch:
proterozoïcum
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Estonian:
proterosoikum
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Estonian:
aguaegkond
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Estonian:
agueoon
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Finnish:
proterotsooinen aioni
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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French:
protérozoïque
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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German:
Proterozoikum
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Greek:
Προτεροζωικός
(Proterozoïkós)
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Hebrew:
פרוטרוזואיקון
(proterozo'ikón)
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Hungarian:
proterozoikum
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Italian:
proterozoico
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Japanese:
原生代
(Genseidai)
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Polish:
proterozoik
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Portuguese:
Proterozoico
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Russian:
протерозо́й
(protɛrozój)
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Serbo-Croatian:
протерозо̀ик
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Serbo-Croatian:
алгонкиј
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Serbo-Croatian:
proterozòik
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Serbo-Croatian:
algonkij
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
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Spanish:
Proterozoico
— eon 2,500-541 Ma
