Precambrian Definition

prē-kămbrē-ən, -kām-
adjective
Designating or of the division of geologic time covering all the time before the Cambrian Period, equivalent to the Archean Eon and the Proterozoic Eon.
Webster's New World
noun
The Precambrian Eon.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Precambrian period
  • Precambrian aeon
  • Precambrian eon

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Precambrian

  • the Precambrian

Precambrian Sentence Examples

  • The Wrekin, the Caradoc and Cardington Hills are isolated outbursts of preCambrian volcanic rocks.

  • PreCambrian rocks are represented by the gneisses of Primrose Hill and schists of Rushton in Shropshire; by the gneisses forming the core of the Malvern Hills, and by the ancient volcanic and other rocks of the Wrekin, Charnwood Forest and Nuneaton.

  • Walcott has described a tiny lamellibranch (Modioloides) from the inferior Cambrian, and he reports the gastropod (?) genus Chuaria from the preCambrian.

  • The MT survey confirmed the existence of a Mesozoic sedimentary basin between lava flows and the Precambrian basement.

  • The oil was produced from fractured PreCambrian quartzite on the summits of the buried hills.

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