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    GEOLOGIC TIME

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)play

    Synonyms:

    geologic time; geological time

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("geologic time" is a kind of...):

    time (the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "geologic time"):

    aeon; eon (the longest division of geological time)

    geological period; period (a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed)

    era; geological era (a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods)

    epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)

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