supercontinent

[ soo-per-kon-tn-uhnt ]

/ ˌsu pərˈkɒn tn ənt /

noun Geology.

a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.

Compare Pangaea.

Origin of supercontinent

First recorded in 1955–60; super- + continent

Words nearby supercontinent

supercolumniation, super-committee, supercomputer, superconductivity, superconductor, supercontinent, supercool, supercow, supercrat, supercritical, supercurrent

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British Dictionary definitions for supercontinent

supercontinent

/ (ˈsuːpəˌkɒntɪnənt) /

noun

a great landmass thought to have existed in the geological past and to have split into smaller landmasses, which drifted and formed the present continents

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Scientific definitions for supercontinent

supercontinent

[ sōō′pər-kŏn′tə-nənt ]

A large continent that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, is thought to have split into smaller continents in the geologic past. The supercontinent Pangaea is believed to have formed when earlier continental landmasses came together sometime before the Permian Period, staying together until after the Triassic Period, when it broke into the smaller supercontinents Laurasia and Gondwanaland. These supercontinents are believed to have later separated into the landmasses that correspond to the current continents. Other supercontinents are hypothesized to have formed and broken apart earlier in geologic time.

单词	supercontinent
释义	supercontinent [ soo-per-kon-tn-uhnt ] / ˌsu pərˈkɒn tn ənt / noun Geology. a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today. Compare Pangaea. Origin of supercontinent First recorded in 1955–60; super- + continent Words nearby supercontinent supercolumniation, super-committee, supercomputer, superconductivity, superconductor, supercontinent, supercool, supercow, supercrat, supercritical, supercurrent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for supercontinent supercontinent / (ˈsuːpəˌkɒntɪnənt) / noun a great landmass thought to have existed in the geological past and to have split into smaller landmasses, which drifted and formed the present continents Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for supercontinent supercontinent [ sōō′pər-kŏn′tə-nənt ] A large continent that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, is thought to have split into smaller continents in the geologic past. The supercontinent Pangaea is believed to have formed when earlier continental landmasses came together sometime before the Permian Period, staying together until after the Triassic Period, when it broke into the smaller supercontinents Laurasia and Gondwanaland. These supercontinents are believed to have later separated into the landmasses that correspond to the current continents. Other supercontinents are hypothesized to have formed and broken apart earlier in geologic time. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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