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 Definitions of archean  [ɑrˈki ən]  

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Definition of 'archean' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) Archean
of or pertaining to rocks of the Archeozoic portion of the Precambrian Era.

Etymology:  (1870–75)

Definition of 'archean' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) Archean, Archean eon, Archean aeon, Archeozoic, Archaeozoic, Archeozoic eon, Archaeozoic aeon
the time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life

2. (adj) archean, archaean
of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon

'archean' - Nearby Entries  

archduke  archean  archean aeon  archean eon  arched  archegonial  archegoniate  



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