precambrian period

1. 1.

   the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago

   SynonymsPrecambrianPrecambrian eonPrecambrian aeon

   Broadereon

   PartsProterozoicArchean

Questions about precambrian period

What does precambrian period mean?

precambrian period means "the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago".

What is another word for precambrian period?

Close synonyms include Precambrian, Precambrian eon, Precambrian aeon. 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 precambrian period a common word?

precambrian period 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.