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epoch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | era |
| Type of | time period, period, period of time |
| Has types | day, age, historic period, modern era |
| Derivation | epochal |
epoch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | date of reference |
| Type of | date |
epoch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | geological time, geologic time |
Examples of epoch
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The Pliocene epoch was characterized by a great diversity of free-living corals.
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Thus, was there a quantum evolution epoch before classical evolution took place?
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Rochester's geography was formed by the ice sheets during the Pleistocene epoch.
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The difference of cotidal phase from the phase of a reference tide is the epoch.
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During the Pleistocene epoch the Miletus region was submerged in the Aegean Sea.
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Here 544 has an offset of 4 days at epoch whereas 543 has an offset of 369 days.
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After that, each year is labeled by the number of years elapsed since the epoch.
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A fifth late-time epoch spectrum of SN 2006X was secured with the Keck Telescope.
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My own cricket career, which finished in 1982, took place in a different epoch.
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- Era: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- (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
- Epoch is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg, issued in hardcover by Berkley Putnam in 1975 and in paperback by Berkley in 1977. The table of contents includes Arm by Larry Niven; Angel of Truth by Gordon Eklund; Mazes by Ursula K. ...
- In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity, such as celestial coordinates, or elliptical orbital elements of a celestial body, where these are (as usual) subject to perturbations and vary with time. ...
- Epoch, in comics, may refer to: *Epoch (DC Comics), a DC Comics time-traveling character *Epoch (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character, the offspring of Eon
- Epoch Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy and computer games company founded in 1958 which is best known for manufacturing Barcode Battler and Doraemon video games. Its current Representative President is Michihiro Maeda
- This timeline of the Big Bang describes the history of the universe according to the prevailing scientific theory of how the universe came into being, using the cosmological time parameter of comoving coordinates. ...
- Epoch, also known as The Lord of Time, is a comic book fictional character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League of America #10 (March 1962) and was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky.
