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epoch
[ ep-uhkor, especially British, ee-pok ]
noun
- a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.:
The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will.
Synonyms: , , ,
- the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything:
The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
- a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date:
His coming of age was an epoch in his life.
- Geology. any of several divisions of a geologic period during which a geologic series is formed. Compare age ( def 12 ).
- Astronomy.
- an arbitrarily fixed instant of time or date, usually the beginning of a century or half century, used as a reference in giving the elements of a planetary orbit or the like.
- the mean longitude of a planet as seen from the sun at such an instant or date.
- Physics. the displacement from zero at zero time of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion.
epoch
/ ˈiËpÉ’k; ˈɛpˌɒkÉ™l /
noun
- a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period
the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare
- a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era
- astronomy a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred
- geology a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed
the Pleistocene epoch
- physics the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time
epoch
/ Ä•±è′ə°ì,ŧ′±èÅ°ì′ /
- The shortest division of geologic time . An epoch is a subdivision of a period.
Derived Forms
- epochal, adjective
- ˈ±ð±èËŒ´Ç³¦³ó²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ü²ú·±ð±èo³¦³ó noun
- ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·±ð±èo³¦³ó noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of epoch1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The specials were a blatant attempt to offer something for everyone, in a precable epoch defined by broadcasting, as opposed to today’s narrowcasting.
Significantly, the Miocene was a nearly 18 million year epoch full of change, albeit far slower change than ours.
What had been the backbeat of a bygone epoch, the waltz amazingly survived in the 20th century.
In addition to these two impacts, existing evidence suggests three smaller asteroids also hit Earth during this time -- the late Eocene epoch -- pointing to a disturbance in our solar system's asteroid belt.
In its press release, the Academy said the dictionary is a “mirror of an epoch running from the 1950s up to today,†and boasts 21,000 new entries compared to the 1935 version.
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