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PERIOD |
Epoch |
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AGE |
Epoch |
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EON |
Epoch |
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ERA |
Epoch |
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EPOCHA |
See Epoch. |
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PLEISTOCENE |
The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits. |
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RENAISSANCE |
The style of art which prevailed at this epoch. |
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EPOCHAL |
Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. |
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HORIZON |
The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. |
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ICEAGE |
Glacial epoch during which I am heard to declare myself a wise man |
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RECENT |
Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as,
recent shells. |
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FAUNA |
The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of
America; fossil fauna; recent fauna. |
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INCUNABULUM |
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch;
especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500. |
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SCORE |
To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of
New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. |
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CARVING |
The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or
epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century. |
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EPI- |
A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above,
over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek
aspirate, as in ephemeral. |
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EPOCH |
A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events
of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of
maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. |
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DATE |
The point of time at which a transaction or event takes
place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as,
the date of a battle. |
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ACCESSION |
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or
dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied
especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. |
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ARCHAEOLOGY |
...oric
antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early
epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscrip... |
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CHAZY EPOCH |
An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the
American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton
Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology. |
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CINCINNATI EPOCH |
An epoch at the close of the American lower
Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio.
The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York. |
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LIRIODENDRON |
...ut there were several others in
the Cretaceous epoch. ... |
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DILUVIAL |
...ime of deposition has been called the Diluvian
epoch. ... |
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CHRONOGRAM |
...made
to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a
particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus... |