Definitions for Precambrian

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Precambrian Pre·cam·bri·an

Spelling: [pree-kam-bree-uh n, -keym-]

IPA: /priˈkæm bri ən, -ˈkeɪm-/

Precambrian is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 752 anagrams from letters in Precambrian (aabceimnprr).

Definitions for Precambrian

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.

noun

1. the Precambrian Era.

Origin of Precambrian

First recorded in 1860-65; pre- + Cambrian

Examples for Precambrian

A few explanatory remarks concerning the mode of detection of Precambrian rocks may not be amiss.

These Torridonian strata furnish us with the most satisfactory group of Precambrian sediments yet detected in Britain.

We may take our own country as a region where a good development of the Precambrian rocks occurs.