Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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epoch | Yes | No | No | No |
Pliocene epoch | Yes | No | No | No |
epoch (noun) | Pliocene epoch (noun) |
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a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event | from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals |
a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages | |
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |