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Meaning
Adj
●
Having
happened
a
short
while ago.
●
Up-to-date; not
old-fashioned
or dated.
●
Having done something a
short
while
ago
that
distinguishes
them as what they are called.
●
In Sciences & Time:
Particularly in
geology
,
palaeontology
, and
astronomy
: having
occurred
a
relatively
short time
ago
, but still
potentially
thousands
or even
millions
of years
ago
.
●
In Astronomy & Geology:
Of the Holocene,
particularly
pre-21st century.
Noun
●
In Computing & Graphical user interface:
A
recently
viewed
or
accessed
item.
Name
●
The Holocene.
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Origin
recent
English
recens
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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