epoch
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poch
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "epoch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϝ⧁āĻ—, āĻ•āĻžāϞ

a period of time in history or someone's life, during which significant events happen
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
For the scientist, the discovery of the new element marked the beginning of a revolutionary epoch in chemistry.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϰāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āϞāĻŦā§€ āϝ⧁āϗ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϝ⧁āĻ—, āĻ•āĻžāϞ

a subdivision of a geologic period, characterized by distinctive and globally recognizable rock layers, fossils, and significant changes in Earth's climate and biota
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the Holocene epoch, human civilization developed rapidly.
āĻšāϞ⧋āϏāĻŋāύ āϝ⧁āϗ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āϏāĻ­ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āϝ⧁āĻ—, āĻ•āĻžāϞ

a fixed point in time used as a reference for recording astronomical data, such as the coordinates of celestial bodies
Specialized
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Astronomers update catalogs each epoch to account for changes.
āĻœā§āϝ⧋āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧁āϗ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϞāĻ— āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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