epoch
🇺🇸
/ˈepək/
🇬🇧
/ˈiːpɒk/
noun
R
a time in history when important events or changes happen
The invention of the internet began a new epoch in how people communicate.
R
a division of a longer period of time
Scientists study fossils from each geological epoch to understand Earth's history.
translation
a time in history when important events or changes happen; a division of a longer period of time
Word Forms
Plural
epochs