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geologic time

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geologic time
n.
The period of time covering the physical formation and development of Earth, especially the period prior to human history.
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geologic time

geologic time  (j-ljk)
The period of time covering the formation and development of the Earth, from about 4.6 billion years ago to today.
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geologic time
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Noun1.geologic timegeologic time - the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history)
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
eon, aeon - the longest division of geological time
geological period, period - a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
geological era, era - a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
epoch - a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages


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The water was quite free from reptiles, and the vegetation upon the banks of the river had altered to more open and parklike forest, with eucalyptus and acacia mingled with a scattering of tree ferns, as though two distinct periods of geologic time had overlapped and merged.
 
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