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ur-continent

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from German Urkontinent, coined by Alfred Wegener, equivalent to ur- + continent.

  1. borrowed from Urkontinent

Definitions

  1. An original or primordial continent or landmass.

    • The second group of convection currents operated in the upper half of the mantle only, split the ur-continent and carried North and South America away from Eurasia, explaining the similarity in the two coastlines—[…]

  2. Pangaea

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ur-continent. 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