geological era
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
Types & categories
- geological time hypernym
- Cenozoic instance hyponym
- Mesozoic instance hyponym
- Paleozoic instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- eon part holonym
- geological period part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eon |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | geological period |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological time |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cenozoic |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mesozoic |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Paleozoic |