EPOCH
What does "EPOCH" mean?
A long, distinct period of time marked by notable events or characteristics.
Meanings
- A particular period of history or of a person's life seen as significant. The fall of the wall opened a new epoch in Europe.
- A subdivision of geologic time, smaller than a period and larger than an age. We live in the Holocene epoch. technical
- A fixed reference moment from which time is measured, especially in astronomy or computing. Unix time counts the seconds since the epoch in 1970. technical
Did you know?
- Most of the world's computers secretly agree on a single birthday: the 'Unix epoch' of midnight on 1 January 1970, from which they count every second since.
Word origin
From Greek 'epokhe' (a pause, a fixed point), from 'epekhein' (to hold back), built from 'epi-' (upon) plus 'ekhein' (to hold).
Remember it
EPOCH sounds like 'EP-ick' - epic stretches of time, held at a fixed point.
A little poem
A line drawn in time-
before it, an old country;
after, a new one.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a computer's whole sense of history a little sad? Every moment it knows is just counted from one cold midnight in 1970.
What it teaches
We only name an epoch once it ends; you are always living in an age too close to see.
Quick facts
What does EPOCH mean?
A long, distinct period of time marked by notable events or characteristics.
Is EPOCH a valid word?
Yes — EPOCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EPOCH?
EPOCH has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EPOCH come from?
From Greek 'epokhe' (a pause, a fixed point), from 'epekhein' (to hold back), built from 'epi-' (upon) plus 'ekhein' (to hold).
What can EPOCH teach us?
We only name an epoch once it ends; you are always living in an age too close to see.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.