Crossword clues for bya
bya
- Win ___ nose (barely come in first place): 2 wds
- Win ___ landslide: 2 wds
- Win __ nose
- Win __ hair
- Off - mile
- Not -- long shot
- Not ___ long shot
- Miss -- mile
- Hang-thread link
- "Not __ long shot"
- "Not __ long shot!"
- "Hanging __ Moment": 2001 Lifehouse hit
- "Grandma Got Run Over ___ Reindeer" (Christmas novelty song): 2 wds
- ___ whisker
- ___ nose (just)
- Lead-in for nose or hair
- ___ whisker (close)
- Lead-in to nose or hair
- ___ landslide
- ___ hair (barely)
- "Not ___ long shot!": 2 wds
- Words before nose or hair
- Words with nose or hair
- Win ___ nose
- "Not ___ long shot": 2 wds
- Words before "nose" or "hair"
- Win -- nose
- Win -- hair
- Win ___ nose (eke out a narrow victory): 2 wds
Wikipedia
In astronomy, geology, and paleontology, "bya" or "b.y.a." is an initialism for " billion years ago". This abbreviation is commonly used as a unit of time to denote length of time before the present in billions of years.
The "billion" in bya is, by convention, the 10 "billion" of the short scale of the U.S., not the long-scale 10 "billion" of some European usage. For this reason, there is potential for some confusion; and some scientists prefer the unit Gya, while others prefer Ga (Giga-annum), however bya remains in more widespread use. In 1974, the UK switched from the long scale to the short scale.
Related units are mya ("million years ago"), and byr ("billion years"). These are traditionally written in lowercase. Ga or Gya has a capitalized first letter instead.