supercontinent

From super- +‎ continent.

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supercontinent (plural supercontinents)

1. (geology) A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
   • 2001, Kent C. Condie, Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 237:

     For a supercontinent to form requires a significant volume of continental crustal fragments that survive recycling into the mantle.

   • 2022 February 3, Lucas Joel, “Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 March 2022:

     Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.

2. A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas.

   Coordinate term: subcontinent

• supercontinent cycle

• Pangaea

• supercontinent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From super- +‎ continent.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsy.pər.kɔn.tiˌnɛnt/
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧con‧ti‧nent

supercontinent n (plural supercontinenten, no diminutive)

1. (geology) supercontinent (large landmass consisting of multiple continents or an extremely large continent in a planet's geologic past)

• oercontinent

From super- +‎ continent.

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/

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supercontinent m (plural supercontinents)

1. (geology) supercontinent

   Hypernym: continent

   Hyponyms: Afro-Eurasie, Eurasie, Nuna, Pangée

   Meronym: craton