Times vs Epoch - What's the difference?
times | epoch |
English plurals
The circumstances of a certain time.
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Product of the previous number and the following number.
(time)
(informal, arithmetic) To multiply.
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* 1995 , Mathematical Association, The Australian mathematics teacher, Volumes 51-53
* 1998 , Psychology of mathematics education, Volume 2
A particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.
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A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
(astronomy) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point.
(computing, uncountable) A precise instant of time that is used as a reference point (e.g. January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC).
As a proper noun times
is (newspapers) a common name (often in combination) for a newspaper or periodical, especially , etc.As a noun epoch is
a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy.times
English
Noun
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Derived terms
* good times * keep up with the times * sign of the times * straitened times * times fixed charges * times-interest-earned ratio * TimesPreposition
(English prepositions)- Four times five is twenty.
- One times one is one.
Derived terms
* times-or-divided-by * times sign * times tableVerb
(head)Verb
- I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which (SIC) the answer was 2460 calories...
- A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10'...
- Alex: Yeah - if you're timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.
Statistics
*Anagrams
* ----epoch
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}