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b) Sometimes used to refer, due to their being composed of multiple continents, to one of the following modern landmasses: Afro-Eurasia and the Americas. (compare subcontinent)
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supercontinent — [so͞o′pər känt΄ n ənt] n. a massive formation of land, as Pangea, that existed for some period of time in geologic history … English World dictionary
Supercontinent — Animation of the rifting of Pangaea, an ancient supercontinent The Eurasian supercontinent … Wikipedia
Supercontinent — Un supercontinent est, en géologie, une masse continentale comprenant plus d’un craton. C’est le cas typiquement de l’Eurasie actuelle. Sommaire 1 Histoire … Wikipédia en Français
Supercontinent cycle — Wilson cycle Simplified sketch of the western part of Pangaea Th … Wikipedia
supercontinent — noun Date: 1960 a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away … New Collegiate Dictionary
supercontinent — /sooh peuhr kon tn euhnt/, n. Geol. a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today. Cf. Pangaea. [1955 60; SUPER + CONTINENT] * * * … Universalium
supercontinent — n. (Geology) land mass that is composed of more than one continent; theoretical mass of land that broke apart to form the continents … English contemporary dictionary
supercontinent — noun a large land mass believed to have divided in the geological past to form some of the present continents … English new terms dictionary
supercontinent — su·per·continent … English syllables
supercontinent — /supəˈkɒntənənt/ (say soohpuh kontuhnuhnt) noun any great landmass that existed in the geological past and split into smaller landmasses, as Gondwana …
