ur-continent
English
Alternative forms
- Ur continent
Etymology
Borrowed from German Urkontinent, coined by Alfred Wegener, equivalent to ur- + continent.
Noun
ur-continent (plural ur-continents)
- An original or primordial continent or landmass
- 2012, M. Sears, D. Merriman, Oceanography: The Past:
- The second group of convection currents operated in the upper half of the mantle only, split the ur-continent and carried North and South America away from Eurasia, explaining the similarity in the two coastlines—[...]
- 2012, M. Sears, D. Merriman, Oceanography: The Past:
- Pangaea
See also
- ur-ocean