epoch
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(noun) a unit of geological time |
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Related Words: Eocene, Eocene epoch, Glacial epoch, Holocene, Holocene epoch, Miocene, Miocene epoch, Oligocene, Oligocene epoch, Paleocene, Paleocene epoch, Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch, Pliocene, Pliocene epoch, Recent epoch, geologic time, geological time |
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(noun) (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred |
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Synonyms: date of reference |
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Related Words: date |
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(noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event |
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Synonyms: era |
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Related Words: Christian Era, Common Era, age, amount of time, day, historic period, period, period of time, time period |
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