Epoch is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EPOCH in dictionary:

NOUN:
• an important period of time, also EPOCHA
• the beginning of a period in the history of someone or something
• a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chronostratigraphy
• an arbitrarily fixed date relative to which planetary or stellar measurements are expressed.
• period of notable events
• 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.
• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
• (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
• a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
• a particular period of time in history or a person's life
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a particular period of time

Words related to EPOCH

epocha13 epochal14 epochally19 epochs13

Words that contain EPOCH

epocha13 epochs13 epochal14 epochas14 subepoch17 epochally19 subepochs18

How to use EPOCH in a sentence

• The arts in their several branches made considerable progress in the Netherlands during this epoch.
• Germany was just then agitated by the fierce passions of the revolutionary epoch, and this excitement was regarded by Schiller as ominous for the nation.
• Ferragut had seen anchored in this succession of harbors the navies of every land and even of every epoch.
• The year 1687 presents, not only an epoch in European science, but also in the intellectual development of man.
• In other words, the nature of the combustible formed at every great epoch depended upon general climatic conditions and local chemical action.
• It therefore marks a distinct epoch in its progress and in its relations to the colored population.
• The intellectual awakening brought about by the lectures of this most learned and accomplished man of his time produced an epoch.
• You shall be associated, sir, in that way, with a work which will form an epoch in the history of human science.
• Castile, Aragon, and Catalonia, at this epoch, simultaneously demanded a reform of the Holy Office from their youthful sovereign.
• That was England, which adopted Protestantism and produced the literature of Spenser, Bacon, and Shakespeare at the same epoch.
• This date, that of the Revolution, marks an epoch in their history, for from that time they began to diminish in proportion to the population.
• It is unfortunate that no books dating from an earlier epoch should be extant.
• I have now seen the most important representatives who survive of the last epoch in thought.
• We have found the music of the post-Wagnerian epoch.
• The Austrians gave way, turned to flight, and one of the great victories of the epoch had been won.
• At an another and more recent epoch, the friends of astronomy, urged by the wants of their science, united to establish the Astronomical Society.
• It was during the feudal epoch the only power that made for civilised development.
• The generation which was from fifteen to twenty years of age, at the brilliant but fleeting epoch of which I am speaking, is now between fifty-five and sixty.
• It was a historic gathering and one that marked an epoch in the history of the industrial movement.
• Bressant looked down at the watch in his hand, and saw it marking the hour at which a dark epoch in his life began.

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