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Meaning of "archaean" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARCHAEAN

archaean  [ɑːˈkɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARCHAEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Archaean is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARCHAEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of archaean in the English dictionary

The definition of archaean in the dictionary is any member of the Archaea, a domain of prokaryotic microorganisms, distinguished from bacteria on molecular phylogenetic grounds and often found in hostile environments, such as volcanic vents and hot springs.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARCHAEAN


Algonkian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
Algonquian
ælˈɡɒŋkɪən
Archilochian
ˌɑːkɪˈləʊkɪən
batrachian
bəˈtreɪkɪən
Chomskyan
ˈtʃɒmskɪən
conquian
ˈkɒŋkɪən
Czechoslovakian
ˌtʃɛkəʊsləʊˈvækɪən
epinikian
ˌɛpɪˈnɪkɪən
Gulbenkian
ɡʊlˈbɛŋkɪən
Kentuckian
kɛnˈtʌkɪən
Lamarckian
lɑːˈmɑːkɪən
Milwaukeean
mɪlˈwɔːkɪən
Noachian
nəʊˈeɪkɪən
ornithischian
ˌɔːnɪˈθɪskɪən
Pickwickian
pɪkˈwɪkɪən
saurischian
sɔːˈrɪskɪən
Seljukian
sɛlˈdʒuːkɪən
Slovakian
sləʊˈvækɪən
tauromachian
ˌtɔːrəˈmeɪkɪən
Wallachian
wɒˈleɪkɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCHAEAN

archaea
archaeal
archaebacteria
archaebacterium
archaeoastronomer
archaeoastronomy
archaeobotanist
archaeobotany
archaeol.
archaeological
archaeologically
archaeologist
archaeology
archaeomagnetism
archaeometric
archaeometrist
archaeometry
archaeopteryx
archaeornis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCHAEAN

Achaean
amoebaean
Aramaean
Chaldaean
Cumaean
Dodonaean
Judaean
lernaean
Linnaean
Mandaean
Manichaean
Mycenaean
Nabataean
Neogaean
paean
panomphaean
pygmaean
Sabaean
scarabaean
spelaean

Synonyms and antonyms of archaean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «archaean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCHAEAN

Find out the translation of archaean to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of archaean from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «archaean» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

太古
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

archaean
570 millions of speakers

English

archaean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्कियन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

archaean
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

архея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Arqueano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীনতম ভূতাত্ত্বিক যুগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

archéen
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Archaean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Archaea
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

始生代
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

archaean
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Archaean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về đời thái cổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்க்கியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुरातन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Archaean
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Archaean
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

archaean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

архею
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

archaean
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Archaean
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Argeïkum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arkeiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Archaean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of archaean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHAEAN»

The term «archaean» is regularly used and occupies the 95.093 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHAEAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «archaean» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «archaean» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about archaean

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCHAEAN»

Discover the use of archaean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to archaean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Archaean geochemistry: Proceedings of the Symposium on ...
Archaean geochemistry
‎2011
2
Mineral Deposits and Earth Evolution
Geological Society of London Dr. Iain McDonald. Metallogenic fingerprints of Archaean cratons MAARTEN DE WIT1 & CHRISTIEN THIART2 CIGCES, and Departments of Geological and Statistical2 Sciences, University of Cape Town, ...
Dr. Iain McDonald, Geological Society of London, 2005
3
Magmatism and Geodynamics: Terrestrail Magmatism Throughout ...
The most ancient dates on Archaean formations were obtained from detrital zircons from Archaean metasediments. For example, zircons with a minimum age of 4.28 Ga (Pidgeon et al., 1990) were discovered in Western Australia in the Yilgarn ...
O A Bagatikov, 2000
4
Geology and Mineral Resources of West Africa
3 The Archaean of West Africa SUMMARY THE SUPRACRUSTAL BELTS (4) South Kambui Hills Figure 3.2 Comparative. The nucleus of the West African craton is characterised by the typical Archaean granite -greenstone association in ...
Wright, 1985
5
Precambrian of the Southern Hemisphere
They generally contain recognizable Archaean formations, some younger formations, mainly Lower Proterozoic, and abundant gneisses. Some have been preserved relatively unaltered, whereas others were caught up in and affected to a ...
D.R. Hunter, 1981
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The Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development
WOUTER BLEEKER Continental Geoscience Diyision, Geological Suryey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0E8, Canada (e-mail: W Meeker ( c| N RC an. gc.ca) Abstract: The tectonic evolution of Archaean granite- greenstone ...
C. M. R. Fowler, Cindy J. Ebinger, C. J. Hawkesworth, 2002
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Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Crustal-scale Processes
Lithospheric scale gravitational flow: the impact of body forces on orogenic processes from Archaean to Phanerozoic PATRICE F. REY' & GREGORY HOUSEMAN2 1 School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 and Dept. de ...
Susanne Janita Henriët Buiter, Guido Schreurs, Geological Society of London, 2006
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The Evolving Continents: Understanding Processes of ...
Chromitites from the Fiskenaesset anorthositic complex, West Greenland: clues to late Archaean mantle processes HUGH ROLLINSON1*, CLAIRE REID2 & BRIAN WINDLEY3 1 School of Science, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby ...
Timothy M. Kusky, Mingguo Zhai, Wenjiao Xiao, 2010
9
Precambrian Plate Tectonics
Archaean magma genesis can be interpreted in terms of mantle diapirism, i.e. similar processes to those operating in modern mid-ocean ridge or back-arc basin spreading centres. The principal differences lie in the maximum temperatures of ...
A. Kröner, 1981
10
Energy and Mineral Resources for the 21st Century: Geology ...
Iron-rich lithologies in Archaean gneiss-granulite associations often provide the main source for gold mineralization which is either ... Gold mineralization in Archaean high grade terranes occurs in a wider range of temperature than that in  ...
Pei Rongfu, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCHAEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term archaean is used in the context of the following news items.
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Metagenomic study of red biofilms from Diamante Lake reveals …
... demands of microbial mats of the Archaean era. Further characterization of the microbial communities of Diamante Lake will likely continue to ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Study Shows Orange Carotenoid Protein Shifts More Than Just …
... the "architects of Earth's atmosphere" because they generated most of the atmosphere's oxygen during the Archaean and Proterozoic Eras. «Scicasts, Jun 15»
3
Study shows orange carotenoid protein shifts more than just color for …
... the "architects of Earth's atmosphere" because they generated most of the atmosphere's oxygen during the Archaean and Proterozoic Eras. «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
4
Loncor Resources Announces Election of Directors
The Company has exclusive gold rights to an area covering 2,077 km2 of the Ngayu Archaean greenstone belt in Orientale province in the ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Jun 15»
5
Thundelarra starts air core drilling at Curara Well
... evaluated by hand-held XRF analysis to assist in identifying the location and nature of the interpreted contact between Archaean granitic rafts ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jun 15»
6
To Explore Mars With Likes Of Occulus Rift & Virtuix Omni - From …
But these only date back to the early Archaean period. As a result, there's nothing left at all from the very early Earth, from the Hadean period, ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»
7
Lecture traces the Archaean of the Eastern Goldfields
Titled 'A Travellers Tale in the Archaean of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia', the talk covered the atmospheric experiences one ... «Science Network Western Australia, May 15»
8
Tracking down the modern cell
... signature proteins of eukaryotes being found in an archaean ancestral group called Tack, an acronym for Thaumarchaeota, Aigarchaeota, ... «Website, May 15»
9
NASA: Earth's early atmosphere was made up of organic haze
The transitions are presumably governed by variations in the amount of biological methane production during the Archaean eon,” the authors ... «Nature World Report, May 15»
10
Weird ARCHAEAN LIFE FORM found at 'Loki's Castle' DEEP …
A team of Swedish bioboffins has, on Wednesday, presented its discovery of a new microbe which represents a missing link in the evolution of ... «The Register, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Archaean [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/archaean>. Apr 2024 ».
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