Epoch

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
date of referenceera
plural
Epochs
possessive
Epoch's
pluralpossessive
Epochs'