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Proterozoic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəˈzəʊɪk/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹrəˈzoʊɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹoʊˈzoʊɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəʊˈzəʊɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From protero- + -zoic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the geologic eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma.

Translations (14)

es Proterozoico (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · bo གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན་ཆགས་རིམ་གྱི (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · pt proterozoico (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · mn анх төрмөлийн (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · fi proterotsooinen (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · he פרוטרוזואיקאי (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · de proterozoisch (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · ga Prótarasóch (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · el προτεροζωικός (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · mn анхны (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · bo གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · fr protérozoïque (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · ru протерозо́йский (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) · it proterozoico (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)

Proterozoic en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəˈzəʊɪk/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹrəˈzoʊɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹoʊˈzoʊɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹɒt(ə)ɹəʊˈzəʊɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From protero- + -zoic.

Meanings

  1. 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.

Coordinates

Archaean · Cambrian

Hypernyms

Precambrian

Translations (24)

no proterzoikum (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · el Προτεροζωικός (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · sh algonkij (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · pl proterozoik (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · he פרוטרוזואיקון (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · ja 原生代 (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · cmn 元古宙 (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · et agueoon (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · fr protérozoïque (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · cs starohory (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · ru протерозо́й (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · et proterosoikum (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · fi proterotsooinen aioni (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · sh алгонкиј (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · sh proterozòik (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · sh протерозо̀ик (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · de Proterozoikum (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · nl proterozoïcum (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · cs proterozoikum (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · es Proterozoico (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · it proterozoico (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · pt Proterozoico (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · et aguaegkond (eon 2,500-541 Ma) · hu proterozoikum (eon 2,500-541 Ma)