English Explanatory Dictionary

Boring Billion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The period of time from 1.8 Gya to 800 Mya, on Earth, lying in the middle of the Proterozoic.

Word forms

Boring Billion the Boring Billion

Etymology

From boring + billion. From the remarkably stable environment of the time, over a period of 1 billion years, from climate, weather, geology, tectonic shifting, lifeforms.

Synonyms

Barren Billion Dullest Time in Earth's History
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