Hadean

English

Etymology

Hades +‎ -an, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs)

Adjective

Hadean (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Hades or hell.
   • 1902, Frederic Crowninshield, A Painter's Moods, page 49:

     No Ceres weeps at the Hadean gate!

2. (geology) Of, or relating to the geologic eon from about 4,600 to 3,800 million years ago; marked by the formation of the solar system, a stable Earth-Moon orbit and the first rocks.

Translations

of geologic eon from 4,600 to 3,800 million years ago

• Finnish: hadeeinen
• Greek: καταρχαιοζωικός (katarchaiozoïkós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: hádico
• Swedish: hadeisk (sv)

Proper noun

Hadean

1. (geology) The eon before 4,000 Ma.

Hypernyms

• (eon before 4,000 Ma): Precambrian

Hyponyms

• (eon before 4,000 Ma): For proposals see Hadean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (eon before 4,000 Ma): Archaean, Proterozoic - eons in Precambrian

Translations

Hadean eon

• Estonian: hadaikum
• Finnish: hadeeinen aioni
• Greek: Καταρχαιοζωικός m (Katarchaiozoïkós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: катархе́й (ru) m (katarxéj), азо́й (ru) m (azój), гаде́й (ru) m (gadéj), преархе́й (ru) m (prearxéj), приско́й (ru) m (priskój), хэ́дий m (xɛ́dij)
• Spanish: Hádico m
• Swedish: hadeikum (sv) c

See also

• Appendix:Geologic timescale

Anagrams

• Dehaan, hadnae