epoch
11epoch — ► NOUN 1) a period of time marked by particular events or characteristics. 2) the beginning of a period of history. 3) Geology a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages. DERIVATIVES epochal adjective …
12Epoch — PeriodizationIn periodization, epoch can refer to:* Epoch (reference date) A defining moment in the beginning of, or characteristic of, a distinctive historical period or era. * On the geologic time scale, a span of time smaller than a period and …
13epoch — /ep euhk/ or, esp. Brit., /ee pok/, n. 1. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will. 2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The… …
14epoch — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ modern, present ▪ early, past ▪ historical VERB + EPOCH …
15epoch — 1. a measure of time used in astronomy. In an epoch system, times are specified as years and fractions of years (such as epoch 1998.5). To set a starting point for the system, a specific epoch time must be fixed as a particular clock time of a …
16Epoch — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Epoch (homonymie). L epoch (de l anglais époque ou ère) représente la date initiale à partir de laquelle est mesuré le temps par les systèmes d exploitation. Principe Cette date varie selon les systèmes, par… …
17epoch — n. 1) to mark; usher in an epoch 2) a glacial; revolutionary epoch * * * [ iːpɒk] revolutionary epoch usher in an epoch a glacial to mark …
18epoch — e|poch [ˈi:pɔk US ˈepək] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: epocha, from Greek epoche ending, fixed point , from epechein to stop for a time, hold back ] a period of history = ↑era ▪ the Victorian epoch ▪ The king s death marked the… …
19epoch — [[t]i͟ːpɒk, AM e̱pək[/t]] epochs 1) N COUNT: usu with supp If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world… …
20epoch — UK [ˈiːpɒk] / US [ˈepək] / US [ˈɪˌpɑk] noun [countable] Word forms epoch : singular epoch plural epochs a) a long period of time in the history of a people or place b) a particular period of past time in geology …
