Cambrian

//ˈkam.bɹɪ.ən//

Synonyms for "cambrian" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)

Related words (5)

Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)

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Translations

44 translations across 23 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Catalan

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  • cambrià adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 寒武紀 /寒武纪 name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Czech

1 entries
  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Dutch

2 entries
  • cambrisch adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • cambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kambria adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • kambrio name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kambrinen adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • walesilainen adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
  • kambrikausi name (the Cambrian geologic period)

French

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  • Cambrien name (the Cambrian geologic period)

German

2 entries
  • kambrisch adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • Kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Greek

2 entries
  • κάμβριος adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • Κάμβρια name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Hungarian

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  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Irish

1 entries
  • Caimbriach adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)

Japanese

2 entries
  • カンブリア紀 name (the Cambrian geologic period)
  • 寒武利亜紀 name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • Кембрийн галав name (the Cambrian geologic period)
  • ᠻᠧᠮᠪᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Polish

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  • kambr name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • cambriano adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • câmbrico adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • Câmbrico name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Russian

4 entries
  • валли́йский adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
  • кембри́йский adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • ки́мрский adj (of or pertaining to Wales)
  • уэ́льский adj (of or pertaining to Wales)

Spanish

2 entries
  • cámbrico adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • cámbrico name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kambrisk adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • kỉ Cam-bri name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Volapük

4 entries
  • Kambriumik adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • kambriumik adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • Kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)
  • kambrium name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Welsh

2 entries
  • Cambriaidd adj (of or pertaining to the Cambrian geologic period)
  • Cambriaidd name (the Cambrian geologic period)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Fossil of plants, invertebrates, vertebrates, and trace fossils have been identified in Yellowstone National Park from more than 40 stratigraphic units spanning more than 540 million years from the Cambrian to the Cenozoic eras.

Source: tatoeba (6920700)

Research in the park by Charles Walcott on trilobites in the late 1800s provided the foundation for his theory of the “Cambrian Explosion,” a term he used to describe the relatively sudden appearance of complex multi-cellular life possessing “hard parts” such as phosphatic or calcitic exoskeletons.

Source: tatoeba (6920709)

The British researchers suggested that in order to determine the reasons behind the Cambrian Explosion, scientists need to take a more ‘holistic approach’ that encompass a range of factors.

Source: tatoeba (12260289)

Over the years there have been a number of theories about the Cambrian Explosion. The researchers said that those concepts, which fall into three main categories — geological, geochemical and biological — are separate and exclusive processes that also suggest a single cause of the explosion.

Source: tatoeba (12260309)

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