Precambrian

Pre-Cambrian English Alternative forms Pre-Cambrian Etymology en :af pre- Cambrian + 1 Pronunciation en /priːˈkam.bɹɪ.ən/ RP en /priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ GA en /priˈkeɪm.bɹi.ən/ /priˈkæm.bɹi.ən/ Canada en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Precambrian.wav US en Pre cam bri an Adjective - en informal geology Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 209 When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment. Translations before the Phanerozoic Catalan: ca precambrià Dutch: nl precambrisch Finnish: fi esikambrinen French: fr précambrien m German: de präkambrisch Irish: ga Réamhchaimbriach Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Кембрийн өмнөх Norwegian: Bokmål: nb prekambrisk Nynorsk: nn prekambrisk Occitan: oc precambrian Russian: ru докембри́йский Welsh: cy Cyn-Gambriaidd Proper noun en Precambrian Usage notes The International Commission on Stratigraphy, which attempts to standardize the vocabulary of the field, is revising the boundaries between time periods based on physical-science methods rather than the kinds of fossils present. The boundary between the Precambrian and the Phanerozoic has been changed from time to time and will be subject to change, as will the eons listed as Hyponyms below. Synonyms geological supereon en Cryptozoic archaic Antonyms en Phanerozoic Hyponyms geological supereon en Hadean, en Archaean, en Proterozoic - eons Coordinate terms geological supereon en Phanerozoic Translations eon before the Phanerozoic Catalan: ca precambrià m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 前寒武紀 Qiánhánwǔ Jì Danish: da prækambrium n Dutch: nl precambrium n Finnish: fi prekambri French: fr précambrien m German: de Präkambrium n Hungarian: hu prekambrium Italian: it Japanese: ja Low German: German Low German: nds-de Präkambrium n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb prekambrium n Nynorsk: nn prekambrium n Russian: ru Доке́мбрий m Spanish: es Swedish: sv prekambrium n Ukrainian: uk Welsh: cy Cyn-Gambriaidd m