Associations to the word «Epoch»
Noun
- Advent
- Subfamily
- Precision
- Individuality
- Lower
- Pyramid
- Volcano
- Longitude
- Reformation
- Belonging
- Anomaly
- Exaggeration
- Celestial
- Charlemagne
- Mars
- Cicero
- Crust
- Maximum
- Burgess
- Inflation
- Enlightenment
- Stage
- Existence
- Schiller
- Flora
- Climate
- Peking
- Carthage
- Maturity
- Tyranny
- Porcelain
- History
- Supremacy
- Humanity
- Constellation
- Discovery
- Rabbinic
- Ma
- Ice
- Empire
- Astronomer
- Protestantism
- Bustle
- Balzac
- Quarterly
- Bc
- Galaxy
- Roman
- Specie
- Crossover
- Germ
- Gastropod
- Past
- Ancestor
- Imitation
- Galileo
Adjective
Wiktionary
EPOCH, noun. A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.
EPOCH, noun. A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
EPOCH, noun. (astronomy) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point.
EPOCH, noun. (computing) (uncountable) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point (e.g. January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).
EPOCH, verb. (sciences) (transitive) To divide (data) into segments by time period.
Dictionary definition
EPOCH, noun. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
EPOCH, noun. (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded.
EPOCH, noun. A unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.