Definition of cambrian Cambrian

/kæˈmbɹiʌn/ - [katmbreeun] - Cam•bri•an

We found 14 definitions of cambrian from 7 different sources.

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What does cambrian mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

cambrian - of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax"
  Welsh, Cambrian

Noun

cambrian - a native or resident of Wales
  Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry
  european a native or inhabitant of Europe
  cambria, cymru, wales one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • cambrian (Noun)
    The Cambrian period.
  • cambrian (Noun)
    A Welsh person.
  • cambrian (Adjective)
    Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises lower, middle and Furongian epochs from about 542 to 490 million years ago.
  • cambrian (Adjective)
    Of, or relating to Wales.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cambrian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.
  • cambrian (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.
  • cambrian (n.)
    A native of Cambria or Wales.
  • cambrian (n.)
    The Cambrian formation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cambrian
    Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cambrian
    kam′bri-an, adj. pertaining to Cambria or Wales: Welsh: the name given by Sedgwick in 1836 to a group or series of sedimentary deposits which come next in order to the Archæan System.—n. an inhabitant of Cambria, or Wales. [Formed from Cymry, Welshmen, or Cymru, Wales.]

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  • The Cambrian epoch was the first eon of Earth’s history, from the first coalesence of the planet, about 4500 Million years ago, to about 542 Mya, is referred to as the Precambrian. Animals with hard-shells appeared in great numbers for the first time during the Cambrian. The continents were flooded by shallow seas.

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