LAURASIA

Meaning of LAURASIA in English

Lau ‧ ra ‧ sia /lɔːˈreɪʃə $ -ˈreɪʒə/ BrE AmE

the very large area of land that existed about 200 million years ago, before it broke apart to form North America, Europe, Asia, and Greenland ⇨ ↑ Gondwanaland , ↑ Pangaea

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

LAURASIA — geographical name hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the landmasses of the northern hemisphere except for the Indian …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAURASIA — Hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included modern North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India). The concept …
Английский словарь Британика
LAURASIA — /law ray"zheuh, -sheuh/ , n. Geol. a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAURASIA — geographical name hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the landmasses of the northern hemisphere except for the Indian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAURASIA — hypothetical continental mass in the Northern Hemisphere that included North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India). Its existence was …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAURASIA — Laurasia BrE AmE lɔː ˈreɪʃ ə -ˈreɪʒ-, -ˈreɪʒ i‿ə AmE \ lɔː ˈreɪʒ ə lɑː-, -ˈreɪʃ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAURASIA — / lɔːˈreɪʃə; NAmE ; -ʒə/ noun [ sing. ] ( geology ) a very large area of land that existed …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAURASIA — Hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included modern North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India). The concept …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAURASIA — Лавразия (гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAURASIA — Лавразия (гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAURASIA — Лавразия
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LAURASIA — n Лавразия ( гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию )
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LAURASIA — (n) лавразия
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LAURASIA — n Лавразия ( гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LAURASIA — n Лавразия ( гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию )
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LAURASIA — Лавразия (гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAURASIA — Лавразия (гипотетический материк, включавший в себя Северную Америку, Европу и Азию)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAURASIA — Pronunciation: lo ̇ - ' r ā -zh ə , -sh ə Function: geographical name hypothetical land area believed to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TETHYS — I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tēthys Date: 1567 a Titaness and wife of Oceanus, II. geographical name hypothetical sea …
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PANGEA — or Pangaea Hypothetical protocontinent proposed by continental drift . Pangea (from Greek: pangaia , "all earth") supposedly covered about half …
Английский словарь Британика
MESOZOIC ERA — Second of the Earth's three major geologic eras and the interval during which the continental landmasses as known today were …
Английский словарь Британика
GONDWANA — or Gondwanaland Hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included modern South America, Africa, southern Europe, India, Australia, and …
Английский словарь Британика
GONDWANA — /gond wah"neuh/ , n. a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TETHYS — I. ˈtē-thəs noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tēthys Date: 1567 : a Titaness and wife of Oceanus II. ˈtē-thəs geographical …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PANGAEA — geographical name hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the landmasses of the southern hemisphere with those of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLATE TECTONICS — theory that the lithosphere (the outer part of solid Earth) is divided into a small number of plates that float …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRIASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. first period of …
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TETHYS — one of the eight large, regular satellites of Saturn. Essentially composed of pure water ice, Tethys has a diameter of …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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MESOZOIC ERA — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of the …
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. third period of …
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