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    PANGAEA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanalandplay

    Synonyms:

    Pangaea; Pangea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)

    Domain category:

    plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)

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