Phanerozoic

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)

1. (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

1. (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 French: Phanérozoïque (fr) m German: Phanerozoikum (de) n Greek: Φανεροζωικός m (Fanerozoïkós) Polish: fanerozoik 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