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| —n | |
| 1. | a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period: the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare |
| 2. | a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era |
| 3. | astronomy a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred |
| 4. | geology a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed: the Pleistocene epoch |
| 5. | physics the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time |
| [C17: from New Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē cessation; related to ekhein to hold, have] | |
| epochal | |
| —adj | |
| 'epochally | |
| —adv | |
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| epoch (ˈiːpɒk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period: the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare |
| 2. | a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era |
| 3. | astronomy a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred |
| 4. | geology a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed: the Pleistocene epoch |
| 5. | physics the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time |
| [C17: from New Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē cessation; related to ekhein to hold, have] | |
| epochal | |
| —adj | |
| 'epochally | |
| —adv | |
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