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

Antonyms

• Precambrian

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
• Finnish: fanerotsooinen aioni
• French: Phanérozoïque (fr) m
• German: Phanerozoikum (de) n
• Greek: Φανεροζωικός m (Fanerozoïkós)
• Hungarian: fanerozoikum (hu)
• Polish: fanerozoik (pl) 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