Usually means: Time before complex life emerged.
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  1. precambrian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Precambrian, Precambrian: Merriam-Webster
  3. Precambrian, the Precambrian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Precambrian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Precambrian, the Precambrian: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Precambrian: Vocabulary.com
  7. Precambrian: Wordnik
  8. Precambrian, precambrian, the Precambrian, the precambrian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Precambrian: Wiktionary
  10. Precambrian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Precambrian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Precambrian: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Precambrian: Dictionary.com
  14. Precambrian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Precambrian (album), Precambrian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Precambrian: Rhymezone
  17. precambrian: FreeDictionary.org
  18. precambrian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Precambrian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Precambrian: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  4. Precambrian: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms
  5. Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Precambrian)

▸ adjective:  (informal, geology) Relating to the time and geology dated before the Phanerozoic
▸ noun:  (geology) The Precambrian supereon; spanning from the formation of the Earth around 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of hard-shelled creatures 541 million years ago.

Similar:
precambrian period, Pre-Cambrian, Proterozoic, Palæozoic, Paleozoic, Palaeozoic, Paleoproterozoic, Cambrian, pregeological, Neoproterozoic, more...

Opposite:
Phanerozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic

Phrases:
precambrian shield, precambrian era, precambrian period, precambrian eon, precambrian aeon, more...

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late, early, upper, middle, older, metamorphic, finnish, younger, grade, post, uppermost

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    slate gray,     charcoal,     moss green,     rust,     ochre, more...
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Similar:
precambrian period, Pre-Cambrian, Proterozoic, Palæozoic, Paleozoic, Palaeozoic, Paleoproterozoic, Cambrian, pregeological, Neoproterozoic, more...

Opposite:
Phanerozoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic

Phrases:
precambrian shield, precambrian era, precambrian period, precambrian eon, precambrian aeon, the precambrian, more...

Adjectives:
late, early, upper, middle, older, metamorphic, finnish, younger, grade, post, uppermost

Colors:
    slate gray,     charcoal,     moss green,     rust,     ochre, more...



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