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epoch¹
- /ˈiːpɒk/ UK
- /ˈɛpɒk/ UK
- /ˈɛpək/ UK
- /ˈɛp.ək/ US
- /ˈɛpˌɑk/ US
- /ˈiˌpɑk/ US
- /ˈeɪˌpɑk/ US
Sounds like epic (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -iːpɒk, -ɛpək
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “to hold in, check”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”). Doublet of epoche.
noun epochs · epocha
- A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. I grew bitter in my words—I believed the worst of everyone; nay, I sometimes doubted the affection of my kind, my indulgent parents. But let me hastily pass over this vain and profitless epoch,—the fierce tempest, and the weary calm, were but the appointed means by which I reached the harbour of fai
- A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
- A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time. UNIX epoch; J2000 epoch
- A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs). Now during the time of the glacial epoch the greatest distance of the sun in winter was 98¼ millions of miles, whereas it is now, in winter, only 91½ millions of miles, the mean distance being taken as 93 million miles.
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One complete presentation of the training data set to an iterative machine learning algorithm.
The neural network was trained over 500 epochs.
Similar: generation
verb epochs · epoching · epoched · epocha
- To divide (data) into segments by time period. The continuous data were epoched into segments of 1500 ms (starting 500 ms before visual stimulus onset), time-locked to stimulus onset (0 ms) and sorted according to experimental conditions.
EPOCH²
Where it comes from
Acronym, from the initial letters of the various drugs.
noun
- An intensive chemotherapy regimen for treating aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, consisting of etoposide, prednisolone, Oncovin (vincristine), cyclophosphamide, and hydroxydaunorubicin.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: era, period, days, lot, age, season, time, lote, batch, span, eon, century, interval, term, aeon, phase
Translations
Every language
noun particular period of history
| Español | época, evo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시대 sidae |
| 日本語 | 時代 jidai |
| 中文 | 時代 /时代 shídài, 會 /会 huì |
| हिन्दी | युग yug, काल kāl, ज़माना zamānā |
| Português | época, era |
| Français | époque, ère, période |
| Deutsch | Epoche, Ära |
| Italiano | epoca |
| Ελληνικά | εποχή epochí |
| Română | epocă, eră |
| Русский | эпо́ха epóxa, пери́од períod, э́ра éra |
| Tiếng Việt | thời đại |
| العربية | عَصْر ʕaṣr, عُصُور ʕuṣūr, زَمَان zamān |
| עברית | תְּקוּפָה tkufá |
noun notable event
| Français | singularité, évènement |
|---|---|
| Italiano | avvenimento, singolarità |
| Română | eveniment |
noun time reference point
| Español | época |
|---|---|
| Italiano | orario epocale, epoca |
| Русский | эпо́ха epóxa |
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