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Epochal

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Adjective

1. epoch-making, epochal

highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era

Example Sentences:
'epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill'
'an epoch-making discovery'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Epochal

see synonyms of epochal
noun
1. 
a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period
the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare
2. 
a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era
3. astronomy
a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred
4. geology
a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed
the Pleistocene epoch
5. physics
the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time

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Epochal

see synonyms of epochal
noun
1. 
the beginning of a new and important period in the history of anything
the first earth satellite marked a new epoch in the study of the universe
2. 
a period of time considered in terms of noteworthy and characteristic events, developments, persons, etc.
an epoch of social revolution
3. 
a point in time or a precise date
4.  Astronomy
the time at which observations are made, as of the positions of planets or stars
5.  Geology
a subdivision of a period in geologic time corresponding to the rock strata of a series (sense 6)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Epochal

see synonyms of epochal
adj.
1. Of or characteristic of an epoch.
2.
a. Highly significant or important; momentous: epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill.
b. Without parallel: epochal stupidity.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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