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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Time as considered in terms of the history of the earth.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is divided into [[geologic eras]], [[periods]], and [[epochs]]. Depending on the part of the geologic time scale, increments are as long as tens of millions of years or as short as hundreds of years. In general, geologic time is more finely divided closer to the present.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Time as considered in terms of the history of the earth.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is divided into [[geologic eras]], [[geologic period|periods]], and [[geologic epoch|epochs]]. Depending on the part of the geologic time scale, increments are as long as tens of millions of years or as short as hundreds of years. In general, geologic time is more finely divided closer to the present.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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geologic time
Time as considered in terms of the history of the earth.
It is divided into geologic eras, periods, and epochs. Depending on the part of the geologic time scale, increments are as long as tens of millions of years or as short as hundreds of years. In general, geologic time is more finely divided closer to the present.
