epoch
/ˈɛpək/
noun
- A long period of time in history or in a person's life, marked by important events or developments.
- Many historians consider the fall of the Roman Empire the start of a dark epoch.
- The Renaissance was an epoch of great artistic and scientific achievement.
- The invention of the internet began a new epoch in communication.
- A particular point in time that is the start of a new period or era.
- The signing of the peace treaty marked an epoch in the region's history.
- For her, graduating college was an epoch that changed everything.
- The discovery of penicillin was an epoch in modern medicine.
- In geology, a unit of time within a period, used to describe rock layers and Earth's history.
- The Pleistocene epoch is known for its ice ages and the evolution of humans.
- The rock formations in this canyon date back to the Jurassic epoch.
- Geologists study fossils from the Eocene epoch to understand ancient climates.
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