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Definition of Epoch

Epoch A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era. A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period. The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position. An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860. Related Definitions: An, Any, Arbitrary, Are, As, At, Birth, Body, By, Characterized, Christ, Christian, Comet, Commonly, Computing, Creation, Date, Discovery, Division, Earth, Epoch, Era, Established, Event, Fixed, For, Gave, Given, Grand, Great, Heavenly, History, Has, In, Influence, Longer, Longitude, Lunar, March, Maritime, Marked, Mars, Memorable, Minor, Occurrence, Of, Or, Other, Part, Period, Place, Planet, Point, Position, Prevalence, Reformation, Remarkable, Rise, Similar, Some, Subsequent, The, Time, To, Used, Was, Which

Epoch Quotations The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. Karl Marx Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch does the important literary thinking. Gertrude Stein We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. David Cronenberg The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch. Alfred de Vigny A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries. Thomas Mann

Epoch Translations epoch in Danish is epoke epoch in Dutch is tijdsgewricht, tijdperk epoch in Finnish is ajanjakso epoch in German is Epoche epoch in Hungarian is korszak, kor epoch in Italian is epoca epoch in Latin is tempus temporis epoch in Swedish is epok, tid

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