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Meaning
Noun
●
In Time:
A particular
period
of
history
, or of a person's life, especially one considered
noteworthy
or remarkable.
●
A
notable
event
which
marks
the
beginning
of such a period.
●
In Astronomy, Computing & Time:
A specific
instant
in time
,
chosen
as the
point of reference
or
zero
value of a system that
involves
identifying
instants
of time.
●
In Geology:
A
geochronologic
unit
of
hundreds of thousands
to
millions
of years; a
subdivision
of a
period
, and
subdivided
into
ages
(or sometimes subepochs).
●
In Artificial intelligence:
One
complete
presentation
of the training
data
set to
an
iterative
machine learning
algorithm.
●
In Medicine:
An
intensive
chemotherapy
regimen
for
treating
aggressive
non-Hodgkin
lymphoma
,
consisting of
etoposide
,
prednisolone
, Oncovin (vincristine),
cyclophosphamide
, and hydroxydaunorubicin.
Verb
●
In Sciences & Time:
To
divide
(data) into
segments
by time period.
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Origin
epoch
English
epocha
Latin
ἐποχή
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ἐπέχειν
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ἐπέχω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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