Epoch Tline Poll -- Help Refstaff Decide
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ep⋅och
/ˈɛpək or, especially Brit., ˈipɒk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ep-uhk or, especially Brit., ee-pok] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.: The treaty ushered in an epoch of peace and good will.
2. the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of anything: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
3. a point of time distinguished by a particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date: His coming of age was an epoch in his life.
4. Geology. any of several divisions of a geologic period during which a geologic series is formed. Compare age (def. 12).
5. Astronomy.
a. an arbitrarily fixed instant of time or date, usually the beginning of a century or half century, used as a reference in giving the elements of a planetary orbit or the like.
b. the mean longitude of a planet as seen from the sun at such an instant or date.
6. Physics. the displacement from zero at zero time of a body undergoing simple harmonic motion.
Help us decide around what event the BRC timeline should be centered in that poll.
And comment in my last entry about the next blog contest.
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