Concept information
Preferred term
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Definition
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The period of time covering the physical formation and development of the Earth. Geologic time is divided into eons lasting hundreds of millions to several billion years, eras lasting tens of millions to hundreds of million years, periods lasting millions to tens of millions years, and epochs lasting thousands to millions of years.
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Broader concept
- time (en)
Narrower concepts
- Anthropocene (en)
- Cenozoic Era (en)
- Mesozoic (en)
- Palaeozoic (en)
- Phanerozoic (en)
- Precambrian (en)
Entry terms
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geological ages (en)
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geological time divisions (en)
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geological timescale (en)
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stratigraphic systems (en)
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In other languages
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الزمن الجيولوجي
Created: 2024-02-15T18:35:42Z
Arabic
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геалагічны час
Created: 2023-11-22T11:51:14
Belarusian
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地质时代
Created: 2023-09-27T15:42:42Z
Chinese
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geologický čas
Created: 2021-03-06T20:05:54
Czech
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geologické časové jednotky
Created: 2021-03-06T20:06:58
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stratigrafické stupnice
Created: 2021-03-06T20:11:09
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temps géologique
Created: 2021-11-25T10:14:14
French
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გეოლოგიური დრო
Created: 2022-05-08T19:56:04
Georgian
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გეოლოგიური ასაკი
Created: 2022-05-08T19:56:32
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გეოქრონოლოგიური სკალა
Created: 2022-05-08T19:57:04
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geologischer Zeitraum
Created: 2020-03-25T13:07:52.539+01:00
German
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geologische Zeitskala
Created: 2020-03-25T13:08:21.49+01:00
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Tempo geologico
Created: 2020-12-04T11:26:42Z
Italian
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geologisk tid
Created: 2020-02-18T16:45:41.45+01:00
Norwegian Bokmål
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tempo geológico
Created: 2024-05-13T17:14:39
Portuguese (Brazil)
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timp geologic
Created: 2020-04-27T20:34:35.995+02:00
Romanian
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геологическое время
Created: 2020-05-27T14:58:00.147+02:00
Russian
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геохронологическая шкала
Created: 2020-05-27T14:58:20.761+02:00
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геолошко време
Created: 2021-01-28T09:36:58
Serbian
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Tiempo geológico
Created: 2021-11-25T10:14:14
Spanish
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wakati wa kijiolojia
Created: 2024-10-22T20:00:59
Swahili
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geologisk tid
Created: 2020-02-18T16:45:53.395+01:00
Swedish
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ธรณีกาล
Created: 2025-10-27T08:53:22
Thai
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jeolojik zaman
Created: 2020-02-19T13:16:20.649+01:00
Turkish
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jeolojik zaman cetveli
Created: 2020-02-19T13:14:06.199+01:00
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jeolojik zaman dilimi
Created: 2020-02-19T13:20:47.934+01:00
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геологічний час
Created: 2020-04-09T01:54:37.582+02:00
Ukrainian
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геологічний вік
Created: 2020-04-09T01:56:09.868+02:00
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стратиграфічні системи
Created: 2020-04-09T01:59:02.14+02:00
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шкала геологічного часу
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