PANGEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Pangea mean? • PANGEA (noun)
The noun PANGEA has 1 sense:
1. (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
Familiarity information: PANGEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PANGEA (noun)
Meaning:
(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Pangaea; Pangea
Instance hypernyms:
continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)
Domain category:
plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)
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