SUPERCONTINENT

Meaning of SUPERCONTINENT in English

/ ˈsuːpəkɒntɪnənt; ˈsjuː-; NAmE ˈsuːpərkɑːn-/ noun

( geology ) any of the very large areas of land, for example Gondwana or Laurasia, that existed millions of years ago

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SUPERCONTINENT — noun Date: 1960 a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SUPERCONTINENT — "ˌ noun Etymology: super- + continent (II) : a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPERCONTINENT — /sooh'peuhr kon"tn euhnt/ , n. Geol. a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUPERCONTINENT — n. (Geology) land mass that is composed of more than one continent; theoretical mass of land that broke apart to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SUPERCONTINENT — noun Date: 1960 : a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUPERCONTINENT — ■ noun a large land mass believed to have divided in the geological past to form some of the present …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SUPERCONTINENT — [su.per.con.ti.nent] n (1960): a former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUPERCONTINENT — геол. протоконтинент (геология) протоконтинент
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUPERCONTINENT — Суперконтинент
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SUPERCONTINENT — n геол. протоконтинент
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SUPERCONTINENT — геол. протоконтинент
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SUPERCONTINENT — (n) протоконтинент
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SUPERCONTINENT — n геол. протоконтинент
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SUPERCONTINENT — n геол. протоконтинент
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SUPERCONTINENT — геол. протоконтинент (геология) протоконтинент
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUPERCONTINENT — n. Pronunciation: ' sü-p ə r- ˌ kän-t ə -n ə nt, - ˌ känt-n ə nt Function: noun Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PERMIAN PERIOD — Interval of geologic time, 290–248 million years ago. The last of the six periods of the Paleozoic Era , it …
Английский словарь Британика
LAURASIA — Hypothetical former supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere, which included modern North America, Europe, and Asia (except peninsular India). The concept …
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
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD — Interval of geologic time 354–290 million years ago, marked by great changes in world geography. All the landmasses drew closer …
Английский словарь Британика
PANGAEA — /pan jee"euh/ , n. Geol. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PANGAEA — n. theoretical supercontinent that broke apart approximately 200 million years ago and created the current 7 separate continents on Earth …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SUPER- — ■ combining form 1》 above; over; beyond: superstructure. 2》 to a great or extreme degree: superabundant. 3》 extra large of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY — also spelled Palaeoclimatology, scientific study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages. Paleoclimatologists seek to explain climate variations …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: EARTH-AND-SPACE-SCIENCES — Earth Sciences Geology and Geochemistry In 2000 J.L. Kirschvink (California Institute of Technology) published a novel report (with six coauthors …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: ECOTOURISM — Ecotourism: The New Face of Travel by Carla Hunt The latest trend in tourism is travel that combines preserving the …
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WEGENER, ALFRED LOTHAR — born Nov. 1, 1880, Berlin, Ger. died November 1930, Greenland German meteorologist and geophysicist who formulated the first complete statement …
Britannica English vocabulary
TERTIARY PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
Britannica English vocabulary
SILURIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
Britannica English vocabulary
GONDWANALAND — A large continental mass that at one time was part of a supercontinent formed during the late Precambrian era more …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary

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