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Definition of Archeozoic
1. Noun. The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life.
Group relationships: Precambrian, Precambrian Aeon, Precambrian Eon, Precambrian Period
Generic synonyms: Aeon, Eon
Derivative terms: Archaeozoic, Archean
2. Adjective. Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era. "Archeozoic life forms"
Category relationships: Geology
Similar to: Early
Derivative terms: Archaeozoic
Definition of Archeozoic
1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Archaeozoic) ¹
2. Adjective. (alternative form of Archaeozoic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archeozoic
Literary usage of Archeozoic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"Of the duration of the archeozoic era nothing can be said beyond the general
statement that it was very great, a conclusion which is independent of any ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"THE archeozoic ERA. THE sketches of the early stages of the earth's history
presented in the last chapter are at best ..."
3. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"The present state of our knowledge does not warrant the subdivision of the
archeozoic into two or more definite periods or systems. ..."
4. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"... XXVII THE archeozoic ERA History of Classifications The greater part of Canada,
or, rather, the Canadian Shield, of over 2000000 square miles in extent, ..."
5. Elements of Geology by Eliot Blackwelder, Harlan Harland Barrows (1911)
"CHAPTER XI THE archeozoic ERA The oldest rocks. — The most ancient part of the
earth's history of which we have any tangible record in the rocks is quite as ..."
6. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"... CHAPTER XIII THE archeozoic ERA Though the preceding sketches of the early
stages of the earth's history are but hypothetical, they afford a helpful ..."