Meaning of megayear | Babel Free

Definitions

A million years: a thousand thousand years.

Examples

“Holonyms: petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond”

“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond”

“After three hours the machine had not printed its response to the first input pattern; evidently the rate of learning under these conditions is very low (we judge⟳ it to be on the order⟳ of 10⁻⁶ concepts for megayear).”

“We know⟳ from isotopic measurements, stereochemistry, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, that the production of hydrocarbons in the Earth occurs on timescales ranging from fractions of a megayear to hundreds of megayears, in a temperature regime in the rough range of 0-200°C, and in an evolving environmental "smog" of sedimentary pores containing water laced with varying amounts of ions, molecules, and minerals.”

“As to that time span, all clearly definite forms of life or species seem to take⟳ a megayear more or less to come⟳ about and be present⟳ for a while.”

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