Epoch - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈepək|
Brit.
|ˈiːpɒk|
noun
- a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event (syn: era)
- (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
- a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
- (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
- a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
Extra examples
The Civil War era was an epoch in 19th-century U.S. history.
The development of the steam engine marked an important epoch in the history of industry.
The king's death marked the end of an epoch.
Word forms
noun
singular: epoch
plural: epochs
singular: epoch
plural: epochs
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