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Meanings of epoch in English

Portuguese
época
Catalan
era
Spanish
época

A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity.

        época
        Russian
        эпоха
        Portuguese
        época
        Spanish
        época

        Reference point from which time is measured.

              эпоха
              Russian
              астрономическая эпоха
              Portuguese
              época
              Catalan
              època
              Spanish
              época

              Moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity.

                      Related terms
                      астрономическая эпоха

                      Intensive chemotherapy regimen.

                            Usage of epoch in English
                            1
                            Karhide's on the brink of a new epoch, a great new age.
                            The Left Hand of Darkness
                            2
                            Instead, get ready for a new epoch of air and sea wars.
                            Wired
                            3
                            Thomasius calls this a central epoch in the history of the world.
                            The Lutherans of New York / Their Story and Their Problems
                            4
                            The researchers are working towards a formal classification of the new epoch.
                            Radio NZ
                            5
                            He said it made an epoch in the life of the county.
                            Red Pottage
                            6
                            The idea of metempsychosis was very much in vogue at this epoch.
                            George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
                            7
                            The great epoch of the work is the building of the temple.
                            Prolegomena to the History of Israel
                            8
                            The pontificate of Leo is an epoch in the history of Christianity.
                            The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
                            9
                            The so-called conversion of the king marks an epoch in human history.
                            History of the United Netherlands, 1592-94
                            10
                            We are now actually in the second epoch of the Formative Age.
                            Directives from the Guardian
                            11
                            This little battle marked an epoch in the history of the war.
                            The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77
                            12
                            It coincides with the domestication of the dog, an epoch in hunting-life.
                            History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
                            13
                            The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was an epoch-making event.
                            The Frontier in American History
                            14
                            The lead in the new epoch thus opened was taken by Kuenen.
                            History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
                            15
                            The Devonian epoch added greatly to the outlines of the Belgian island.
                            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 / A Magazine...
                            16
                            To us it is an occasion; to them it is an epoch.
                            Medical Essays, 1842-1882
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                            Translations for epoch
                            Catalan
                            eraèpoca
                            Epoch through the time
                            Epoch across language varieties
                            United Kingdom
                            Common
                            United States of America
                            Less common