英语词汇“EPOCH”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

EPOCH

释义

EPOCH

abbrev

End Physical Punishment of Children

noun

A point of time fixed or made remarkable by some great event from which dates are reckoned
The particular time, used as a point of reference, at which the data had the values in question (astronomy)
A planet's heliocentric longitude at the epoch (astronomy)
A precise date
A time from which a new state of things dates
An age (geological, historical, etc)

ORIGIN: Gr epochē, from epechein to stop, take up a position, from epi upon, and echein to hold

epochal /epˈok-l/ adjective

epˈoch-māking adjective

Important enough to be considered as beginning a new age

epˈoch-marking adjective

epoch of osculation noun (astronomy) see osculating orbit under osculant

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