supercontinent: Meaning and Definition of

su•per•con•ti•nent

Pronunciation: (s"pur-kon'tn-unt), [key]
— n. Geol.
  1. a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today. Cf.
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