Defenition of the word epoch

• Defenition of the word epoch

  • A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity.
  • A designated instant in time.
  • Moment in history which is usually marked by some significant event.
  • a unit of geological time
  • (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred
  • a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • 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

Synonyms for the word epoch

• • age
  • date of reference
  • eon
  • era
  • period
  • time

Similar words in the epoch

• • epoch
  • epoch's
  • epochal
  • epochs

Meronymys for the word epoch

• • geological period
  • period

Hyponyms for the word epoch

• • age
  • Caliphate
  • Christian era
  • Common era
  • day
  • Eocene
  • Eocene epoch
  • Glacial epoch
  • historic period
  • Holocene
  • Holocene epoch
  • Miocene
  • Miocene epoch
  • modern era
  • Oligocene
  • Oligocene epoch
  • Paleocene
  • Paleocene epoch
  • Pleistocene
  • Pleistocene epoch
  • Pliocene
  • Pliocene epoch
  • Recent epoch

Hypernyms for the word epoch

• • amount of time
  • date
  • geologic time
  • geological time
  • period
  • period of time
  • time period

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