PRECAMBRIAN


Meaning of PRECAMBRIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)prē-ˈkam-brē-ən, -ˈkām- ]

adjective

Date: 1864

: of, relating to, or being the earliest era of geological history or the corresponding system of rocks that is characterized especially by the appearance of single-celled organisms and is equivalent to the Archean and Proterozoic eons — see geologic time table

• Precambrian noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.