Hadean
- a word derived from Hades.
Example Sentences
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The Hadean Eon, which stretched from 4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago, represents one of the least understood periods in Earth's past.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
For many years, researchers believed that Earth remained in a "stagnant lid" state until at least the end of the Hadean.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
Much of this is guesswork, because almost no rock survives from the Hadean.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
The oldest is the Hadean, which marks the period in which our planet first formed some 4.5 billion years ago, around the same time our moon formed as well.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
The artist was to be transported by them from Hadean depths of despair to Olympian heights of rejoicing.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis
