Proterozoic

//ˌpɹoʊt(ə)ɹrəˈzoʊɪk//

Synonyms for "proterozoic" (6 found)

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37 translations across 20 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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  • 元古宙 name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Czech

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  • proterozoikum name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • starohory name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Dutch

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  • proterozoïcum name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Estonian

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  • aguaegkond name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • agueoon name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • proterosoikum name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Finnish

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  • proterotsooinen adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • proterotsooinen aioni name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

French

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  • protérozoïque adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • protérozoïque name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

German

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  • proterozoisch adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • Proterozoikum name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Greek

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  • προτεροζωικός adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • Προτεροζωικός name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Hebrew

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  • פרוטרוזואיקאי adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • פרוטרוזואיקון name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Hungarian

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  • proterozoikum name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Irish

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  • Prótarasóch adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)

Italian

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  • proterozoico adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • proterozoico name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Japanese

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  • 原生代 name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Mongolian

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  • анх төрмөлийн adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • анхны adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)

Polish

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  • proterozoik name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Portuguese

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  • proterozoico adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • Proterozoico name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Russian

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  • протерозо́йский adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • протерозо́й name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • algonkij name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • proterozòik name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • алгонкиј name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)
  • протерозо̀ик name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Spanish

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  • Proterozoico adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • Proterozoico name (eon 2,500-541 Ma)

Tibetan

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  • གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)
  • གདོད་མའི་སྲོག་ལྡན་ཆགས་རིམ་གྱི adj (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago)

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Then about 2.3 to 2.5 billion years ago, during the Proterozoic Eon, blue-green algae called cyanobacteria, living in Earth’s shallow oceans, began emitting enough oxygen through photosynthesis to create the permanently oxygenated atmosphere that keeps us alive today.

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