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Hadean en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /heɪˈdiːən/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈheɪ.diːən/

Etymology

From Hades + -an, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs). By surface analysis, had- + -e- + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to Hades or hell.
   • No Ceres weeps at the Hadean gate! 1902, Frederic Crowninshield, A Painter's Moods, page 49:
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the Hadean geological eon.

Forms

Synonyms

Hadean · Tartarean · Plutonic · Acherontic · Plutonic · hellish · helly · Plutonian · subtartarean · infernal · Tartarean · Plutonian · stygian

Translations (4)

sv hadeisk (pertaining to the geological eon) · es hádico (pertaining to the geological eon) · fi hadeeinen (pertaining to the geological eon) · el καταρχαιοζωικός (pertaining to the geological eon)

Hadean en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /heɪˈdiːən/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈheɪ.diːən/

Etymology

From Hades + -an, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs). By surface analysis, had- + -e- + -an.

Meanings

1. The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.

Forms

Coordinates

Archaean · Proterozoic - eons in Precambrian

Hypernyms

Precambrian

Translations (13)

ru преархе́й (Hadean eon) · sv hadeikum (Hadean eon) · ru катархе́й (Hadean eon) · hu hadaikum (Hadean eon) · nl hadeïcum (Hadean eon) · ru приско́й (Hadean eon) · el Καταρχαιοζωικός (Hadean eon) · ru гаде́й (Hadean eon) · es Hádico (Hadean eon) · et hadaikum (Hadean eon) · ru азо́й (Hadean eon) · fi hadeeinen aioni (Hadean eon) · ru хэ́дий (Hadean eon)