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Ectasian

Ectasian adjective: of a geologic period within the Mesoproterozoic era from about 1400 to 1200 million years ago.

Adjective

Ectasian (comparative more Ectasian, superlative most Ectasian)

  1. Of a geologic period within the Mesoproterozoic era from about 1400 to 1200 million years ago.

Proper noun

Ectasian

  1. The Ectasian period.

Forms of Ectasian

comparativemore Ectasian
superlativemost Ectasian

Origin of Ectasian

From Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”) + English -ian.

Questions about Ectasian

What does Ectasian mean?
Ectasian means of a geologic period within the Mesoproterozoic era from about 1400 to 1200 million years ago.
What part of speech is Ectasian?
Ectasian can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Ectasian in the dictionary

  1. ectally
  2. ectara
  3. ectaras
  4. ectases
  5. ectasia
  6. Ectasian
  7. ectasias
  8. ectasis
  9. ectatic
  10. ectatommine
  11. ectatommines

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