ERA
\ˈi͡əɹə], \ˈiəɹə], \ˈiə_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of ERA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
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A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
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A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
By Oddity Software
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A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
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A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
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A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A period of time reckoned from some remarkable event, as the Christian era, thus differing from an epoch which is the point of time from which an era commences, as the birth of Christ or the flight of Mahomet.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A fixed point of time from which a nation or people reckon their years, as Christian era; a succession of years from a fixed point; in geol., the commencement of a new system or formation, or the entire duration of that system or formation; an epoch is a point of time fixed by historians, or a certain memorable period of years-see epoch.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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