Precambrian

Alternative forms

 * Pre-Cambrian

Adjective

 * 1)  Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic

Translations

 * Catalan: precambrià
 * Dutch: precambrisch
 * Finnish: esikambrinen
 * French:
 * German: präkambrisch
 * Irish: Réamhchaimbriach
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: prekambrisk
 * Nynorsk: prekambrisk
 * Occitan: precambrian
 * Russian:
 * Welsh: Cyn-Gambriaidd

Usage notes

 * The, which attempts to standardize the vocabulary of the field, is revising the boundaries between time periods based on physical-science methods rather than the kinds of fossils present.
 * The boundary between the Precambrian and the Phanerozoic has been changed from time to time and will be subject to change, as will the eons listed as Hyponyms below.

Hyponyms

 * ,, - eons

Translations

 * Catalan: precambrià
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: prækambrium
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: prekambri
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: prekambrium
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Präkambrium
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: prekambrium
 * Nynorsk: prekambrium
 * Russian: Доке́мбрий
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh: Cyn-Gambriaidd