Epoch Common

Epoch has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

"The museum exhibit was organized into distinct epochs, each illustrating how daily life transformed following major historical events like the invention of the printing press."

era epoch

(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

"The astronomer calculated the satellite's position based on its distance from the epoch."

epoch date of reference

a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

"The newly named epoch marks a significant shift in global climate patterns during the late Cenozoic era."

epoch

A particular period of history, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

"The discovery of gold marked the beginning of a new epoch in California's development."

Verb

To divide (data) into segments by time period.

"The data scientist decided to epoch the training dataset so that each batch would correspond to a distinct week of user activity."