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Archeozoic

or Ar·chae·o·zo·ic

[ahr-kee-uh-zoh-ik]Geology
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adjective
  1. noting or pertaining to the earlier half of the Precambrian Era, from about 5 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, during which the earliest datable rocks were formed and from which the oldest known fossil forms, blue-green algae and bacteria, have been recovered.
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noun
  1. the Archeozoic division of geologic time or the rock systems formed then.
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Origin of Archeozoic

1870–75; archeo- + Greek zō(ḗ) life + -ic
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Examples from the Web for archeozoic

Historical Examples

  • But how may we separate the Proterozoic rocks from the Archeozoic?

    Geology

    William J. Miller

  • During the Archeozoic, no evidence of glaciation has yet been discovered.

    Climatic Changes

    Ellsworth Huntington

  • Archeozoic , the era in which the simplest forms of life originated.

    Unexplored!

    Allen Chaffee

  • Even in the Archeozoic the rocks testify to a climate seemingly not greatly different from that of the average of geologic time.

    Climatic Changes

    Ellsworth Huntington

  • Archeozoic rocks have been studied minutely over a very small percentage of the earth's land surface.

    Climatic Changes

    Ellsworth Huntington

British Dictionary definitions for archeozoic

Archeozoic

adjective
  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of Archaeozoic
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archeozoic in Science

Archeozoic

  1. See Archean.
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