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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPERCONTINENT

supercontinent  [ˈsuːpəˌkɒntɪnənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPERCONTINENT

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conjunction
determiner
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Supercontinent is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SUPERCONTINENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

supercontinent

Supercontinent

In geology, a supercontinent is the assembly of most or all of the Earth's continental blocks or cratons to form a single large landmass. However, the definition of a supercontinent can be ambiguous. Many tectonicists such as Hoffman use the term “supercontinent” to mean “a clustering of nearly all continents”. This definition leaves room for interpretation when labeling a continental body and is easier to apply to Precambrian times. Using the first definition provided here, Gondwana is not considered a supercontinent, because the landmasses of Baltica, Laurentia and Siberia also existed at the same time but physically separate from each other. The landmass of Pangaea is the collective name describing all of these continental masses when they were in a close proximity to one another. This would classify Pangaea as a supercontinent. According to the definition by Rogers and Santosh, a supercontinent does not exist today. Supercontinents have assembled and dispersed multiple times in the geologic past. The positions of continents have been accurately determined back to the early Jurassic. However, beyond 200 Ma, continental positions are much less certain.

Definition of supercontinent in the English dictionary

The definition of supercontinent in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUPERCONTINENT


abstinent
ˈæbstɪnənt
agglutinant
əˈɡluːtɪnənt
appertinent
æˈpɜːtɪnənt
appurtenant
əˈpɜːtɪnənt
conglutinant
kənˈɡluːtɪnənt
contaminant
kənˈtæmɪnənt
continent
ˈkɒntɪnənt
determinant
dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt
dominant
ˈdɒmɪnənt
eminent
ˈɛmɪnənt
imminent
ˈɪmɪnənt
impertinent
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt
incontinent
ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt
pertinent
ˈpɜːtɪnənt
predominant
prɪˈdɒmɪnənt
prominent
ˈprɒmɪnənt
recombinant
riːˈkɒmbɪnənt
revenant
ˈrɛvɪnənt
subcontinent
sʌbˈkɒntɪnənt
sustinent
ˈsʌstɪnənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPERCONTINENT

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supercomputing
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superconducting
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superconductivity
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPERCONTINENT

base component
bicomponent
component
Dark Continent
desinent
exponent
immanent
impermanent
multicomponent
opponent
permanent
ponent
pre-eminent
proponent
remanent
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subcomponent
supereminent
the Continent
the Dark Continent

Synonyms and antonyms of supercontinent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «supercontinent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUPERCONTINENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

超大陆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

supercontinente
570 millions of speakers

English

supercontinent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

महाद्वीप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العملاقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суперконтинент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

supercontinente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিবিশাল মহাদেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

supercontinent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Supercontinent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Super
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

超大陸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초 대륙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Supercontinent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

siêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகா கண்டங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिमजल्हा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süperkıta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

supercontinente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

superkontynent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суперконтинент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supercontinent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

supercontinent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

superkontinent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

supercontinent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

super
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of supercontinent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERCONTINENT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPERCONTINENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERCONTINENT»

Discover the use of supercontinent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to supercontinent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet
Looks at the Supercontinent Cycle; explores the history of its discovery; and includes discussion of Pangaea, the fusing of all of Earth's landmasses, and the lesser-known Rodinia, which existed approximately one thousand million years ago.
Ted Nield, 2007
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Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History
(1997) suggested that the supercontinent cycle is caused by slab avalanche events in the mantle. In their model, the avalanches produce mantle downwellings directly over the avalanches, which act as "catchment basins" for an aggregating ...
Kent C. Condie, 2001
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Antarctica and Supercontinent Evolution:
Antarctica and supercontinent evolution: historical perspectives, recent advances and unresolved issues SIMON L. HARLEY1*, IAN C. W. FITZSIMONS2 & YUE ZHAO3 1School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, ...
S.L. Harley, I.C.W. Fitzsimons, Y. Zhao, 2014
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Global Tectonic Zones Supercontinent Formation and Disposal: ...
Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996 Xiao Xuchang, Hefu Liu. fracture a geosuture zone representing the north boundary of Gondwana; others thought them being of intra-plate ...
Xiao Xuchang, Hefu Liu, 1997
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Plate Tectonics
P;; L ANTAFIGTICA ' AUSTHAUA INDIA Arabian-Nubian Shiem AFRICA 550-300 Ma S oeoaeus - JUVENILE an-usr Flfiooltall Oflaxequla definitive matching tools in reconstructing plate positions in a former supercontinent is a piercing point.
Kent C. Condie, 1997
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Encyclopedia of Earth Science
412 supercontinent cycle supercontinent cycle Semi-regular grouping of the planet's landmasses into single or large continents that remain stable for a period of time, then disperse, and eventually come back together as new amalgamated  ...
Timothy M. Kusky, 2009
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Continents and Supercontinents
We leave those for chapters 7 and 8, however, and here we concentrate only on the general evidence that shows that some supercontinent was dispersed during some period of time. This evidence consists of geologic features that indicate ...
Chapel Hill John J. W. Rogers Professor of Geology University of North Carolina, M. Santosh Professor of Earth Science Kochi University, 2004
8
Supercontinents: Americas, Supercontinent, Rodinia, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, 2010
9
Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology
A The supercontinent Gondwana (yellow) had begun to break up by the Silurian. B The supercontinent Pangea formed during the Triassic, then C began to break up in the Jurassic. D K–T boundary. E The continents reached their modern ...
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2009
10
The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic
(a) Rodinia at c. 750 Ma immediately prior to breakup. Arrows summarize plate motions leading to the Pan-African orogenesis, (b) Plate configuration as Laurentia began to rift away from the late Neoproterozoic (Ediacaranl supercontinent с.
Tom McCann, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPERCONTINENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term supercontinent is used in the context of the following news items.
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North America once linked to Australia?
A reconstruction of the proposed supercontinent Columbia, configured by Zhao ... Approximately every 300 million years, the Earth completes a supercontinent ... «EarthSky, Jun 15»
2
Tectonic Model Shows North America May Once Have Been Linked …
Approximately every 300 million years, the Earth completes a supercontinent cycle wherein continents drift toward one another and collide, remain attached for ... «United States Geological Survey, Jun 15»
3
The Growth of Earth's Supercontinent Spurred Complex Life
The proposed conglomeration of the earth supercontinent Rodinia. (Source: Wikimedia) For two billion years, single-celled prokaryotes dominated life on Earth. «Bioscience Technology, Jun 15»
4
Bird with Flashy Tail Was 1st of its Kind on Ancient Supercontinent
About 115 million years ago, a teenage bird with spotted, ribbonlike tail feathers flew around the trees of the supercontinent Gondwana, until it perished and ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
5
International travel is turning the world into one giant supercontinent
Every year, millions of people travel across the planet in boats, trains, cars, and planes. Along with them often travel dozens of tiny hitchhikers — foreign plants, ... «Business Insider, Apr 15»
6
Nepal earthquake highlights how Earth's newest supercontinent is …
Earth's continents are slowly moving together (left), and in 50 to 200 million years they are expected to form a new supercontinent called Amasia (right). In 2012 ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
7
New Earth dawns: supercontinent slowly takes shape
The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that devastated Nepal at the weekend is a stark reminder that the Earth-moving forces that shape continents are as active today ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
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Ancient ocean linked to supercontinent's breakup
The compaction of the Tethys Ocean (lying between the landforms numbered 1, 3 and 4) may have torn apart the ancient Pangaea supercontinent, which once ... «Science News for Students, Mar 15»
9
Atlantic Ocean Could be Doomed as New Supercontinent Emerges
Sometimes, you have to read to the bottom of a press release to get to the really newsworthy part. This one came in a University of Alberta dispatch about ... «Discovery News, Dec 14»
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Breakup of ancient supercontinent Pangea hints at future fate of …
Pangea, the supercontinent that contained most of the Earth's landmass until about 180 million years ago, endured an apocalyptic undoing during the Jurassic ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»

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