supercontinent

supercontinent
a) A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
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 — noun Date: 1960 a hypothetical former large continent from which other continents are held to have broken off and drifted away …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • 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 …  

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