Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phanerozoic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: phanero-zoic
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geologic eon from about 538.8 million years ago to the present.

adj

Of or relating to the Phanerozoic eon.

adj

Alternative form of Phanerozoic.

Example Sentences

"Secular distribution of biogenic silica through the phanerozoic: comparison of silica-replaced fossils and bedded cherts at the series level ."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós, “visible”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φανερός
Suffix: ic

Inflected Forms

Phanaerozoic (alternative) Phanærozoic (alternative)

Antonyms

Precambrian

Rhymes With

heroic stoic paleozoic mesozoic cenozoic proterozoic anechoic zoic holozoic anthropozoic

Questions

What does phanerozoic mean?: A geologic eon from about 538.8 million years ago to the present.
Where does phanerozoic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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