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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Archean, Archean eon, Archean aeon, Archeozoic, Archaeozoic, Archeozoic eon, Archaeozoic aeonadjective

    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. archean, archaeanadjective

    of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon

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  1. Archean

    The Archean Eon ( ar-KEE-ən, also spelled Archaean or Archæan) is the second of four geologic eons of Earth's history and by definition representing the time from 4 to 2.5 billion years ago. The Archean was preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic. The Earth during the Archean was mostly a water world: there was continental crust, but much of it was under an ocean deeper than today's ocean. Except for some trace minerals, today's oldest continental crust dates back to the Archean. Much of the geological detail of the Archean has been destroyed by subsequent activity. The earliest known life started in the Archean. Life was simple throughout the Archean, mostly represented by shallow-water microbial mats called stromatolites, and the atmosphere lacked free oxygen.

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  1. archean

    The Archean, also spelled Archaean, is a geological eon that occurred between around 4.0 to 2.5 billion years ago, following the Hadean eon and preceding the Proterozoic eon. It is characterized by the formation of the Earth's crust and early continental plates, the development of early life forms, and the emergence of the first stable oceans.

Wikidata

  1. Archean

    The Archean, also spelled Archeozoic or Archæozoic is a geologic eon before the Proterozoic Eon, before 2.5 Ga, or 2,500 million years ago.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Archean in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Archean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Archean in a Sentence

  1. Hilairy Hartnett:

    The theory of the purple planet is really intriguing, and it's intriguing because it's important for us to think about the fact that we might not be looking for life that looks like life on the modern Earth, we might be looking for life that looks like Earth in the Archean (era of early life), or we might be looking for life that looks like Earth life that lives way at the bottom of the ocean. And we have to think about what that's going to look like. If it uses retinal pigments, it'll be purple.

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