Phanerozoic

See also: phanerozoic

English

Alternative forms

Phanaerozoic
Phanærozoic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊɪk

Adjective

Phanerozoic (not comparable)

(geology) Of or relating to the Phanerozoic eon

Translations

relating to the Phanerozoic eon

Catalan: fanerozoic
Finnish: fanerotsooinen (fi)
French: phanérozoïque (fr)
German: phanerozoisch
Greek: φανεροζωικός (fanerozoïkós)
Italian: fanerozoico (it)
Polish: fanerozoiczny
Portuguese: fanerozóico
Spanish: Fanerozoico
Welsh: Ffanerosöig

Proper noun

Phanerozoic

(geology) A geologic eon from about 570 million years ago to the present

Hypernyms

era

Hyponyms

Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

Translations

geologic eon

Catalan: fanerozoic m
Estonian: fanerosoikum
Finnish: fanerotsooinen aioni
French: Phanérozoïque (fr) m
German: Phanerozoikum (de) n
Greek: Φανεροζωικός m (Fanerozoïkós)
Hungarian: fanerozoikum (hu)
Polish: fanerozoik (pl) m inan
Russian: фанерозо́йская э́ра f (fanɛrozójskaja éra), фанерозо́й (ru) m (fanɛrozój)
Welsh: Ffanerosöig m

See also

Appendix:Geologic timescale

Further reading

Phanerozoic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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