geological era

Questions about geological era

What does geological era mean?

geological era means "a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods".

What is another word for geological era?

Close synonyms include era. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is geological era a common word?

geological era is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.