epoch
epoch is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
- noun. The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position.
- noun. 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.
- noun. a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
- noun. a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
- noun. (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
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