Hadean
English
Alternative forms
- Hadaean
Etymology
Hades + -an, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs)
Adjective
Hadean (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Hades or hell.
- 1902, Frederic Crowninshield, A Painter's Moods, page 49:
- No Ceres weeps at the Hadean gate!
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- (geology) Of, or relating to the geological eon.
Translations
pertaining to the geological eon
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Proper noun
Hadean
- (geology) The Hadean eon; part of the Precambrian supereon, spanning from around 4.6 to 4 billion years ago.
Hypernyms
- Precambrian
Coordinate terms
- Archaean, Proterozoic - eons in Precambrian
Translations
Hadean eon
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See also
- Appendix:Geologic timescale
Anagrams
- Dehaan, hadnae