SUPERCONTINENT

Meaning of SUPERCONTINENT in English

/sooh'peuhr kon"tn euhnt/ , n. Geol.

a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today. Cf. Pangaea .

[ 1955-60; SUPER- + CONTINENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 — / ˈsuːpəkɒntɪnənt; ˈsjuː-; NAmE ˈsuːpərkɑːn-/ noun ( geology ) any of the very large areas of land, for example Gondwana …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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 …
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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 …
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TERTIARY PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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SILURIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age 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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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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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