gigayear

noun

Etymology

From giga- + year.

  1. inherited from *yóh₁r̥ — “year, spring
  2. inherited from *jērą
  3. inherited from *jār
  4. inherited from ġēar
  5. inherited from yeer
  6. prefixed as gigayear — “giga + year

Definitions

  1. A billion years

    A billion years: a thousand million years, that is, a thousand thousand thousand years.

    • Holonyms: exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gigayear. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA