English-Thai Dictionary

epoch

N ช่วงเวลา สำคัญ ใน อดีต  ช่วงเวลา ที่ สำคัญ ใน ประวัติศาสตร์  chuang-we-la-sam-kan-nai-ar-did

 

epoch-making

ADJ ซึ่ง มีความสำคัญ อย่างมาก  earthshaking eventful world-shaking sueng-me-kwam-sam-kan-yang-mak

 

epochal

ADJ ซึ่ง มีความสำคัญ อย่างมาก  momentous significant sueng-me-kwam-sam-kan-yang-mak

 

epochal

ADV เกี่ยวกับ ช่วงเวลา สำคัญ ใน ประวัติศาสตร์ (คำ ทางการ  kiao-kab-chuang-we-la-sam-kan-nai-pra-wad-ti-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EPOCH

n.[L. epocha; Gr. retention, delay, stop, to inhibit; to hold. ] 1. In chronology, a fixed point of time, from which succeeding years are numbered; a point from which computation of years begins. The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and the Babylonish captivity, are remarkable epochs in their history.
2. Any fixed time or period; the period when any thing begins or is remarkably prevalent; as the epoch of falsehood; the epoch of woe.
The fifteenth century was the unhappy epoch of military establishments in time of peace.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EPOCH

Ep "och, n. Etym: [LL. epocha, Gr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS. sigor, sige, G. sieg: cf. F. époque. See Scheme. ]

 

1. A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era. In divers ages,... divers epochs of time were used. Usher. Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God. Trench. The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 3 th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history. Macaulay.

 

Note: Epochs mark the beginning of new historical periods, and dates are often numbered from them.

 

2. A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. "So vast an epoch of time. " F. Harrison. The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history. A. W. Ward.

 

3. (Geol.)

 

Defn: A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period. The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures. J.C. Shairp.

 

4. (Astron.) (a ) The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position. (b ) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 186 .

 

Syn. -- Era; time; date; period; age. -- Epoch, Era. We speak of the era of the Reformation, when we think of it as a period, during which a new order of things prevailed; so also, the era of good feeling, etc. Had we been thinking of the time as marked by certain great events, or as a period in which great results were effected, we should have called the times when these events happened epochs, and the whole period an epoch. The capture of Constantinople is an epoch in the history of Mahometanism; but the flight of Mahomet is its era. C. J. Smith.

 

EPOCHA

Ep "o *cha, n. Etym: [L.]

 

Defn: See Epoch. J. Adams.

 

EPOCHAL

EPOCHAL Ep "o *chal, a.

 

Defn: Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. "Epochal points." Shedd.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

epoch

ep och |ˈepək ˈɛpək | ▶noun a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics: the Victorian epoch. • the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone or something: welfare reform was an epoch in the history of U.S. social policy. • Geology a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chronostratigraphy: the Pliocene epoch. • Astronomy an arbitrarily fixed date relative to which planetary or stellar measurements are expressed. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the Latin form epocha; originally in the general sense of a date from which succeeding years are numbered ): from modern Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē ‘stoppage, fixed point of time, ’ from epekhein ‘stop, take up a position, ’ from epi ‘upon, near to ’ + ekhein ‘stay, be in a certain state. ’

 

epochal

ep och al |ˈepəkəl ˈɛpəkəl | ▶adjective forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.

 

epoch-making

ep och-mak ing |ˈɛpək ˌmeɪkɪŋ | ▶adjective of major importance; likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.

 

Oxford Dictionary

epoch

epoch |ˈiːpɒk, ˈɛpɒk | ▶noun a particular period of time in history or a person's life: the Victorian epoch. • the beginning of a period in the history of someone or something. • Geology a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chronostratigraphy: the Pliocene epoch. • Astronomy an arbitrarily fixed date relative to which planetary or stellar measurements are expressed. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the Latin form epocha; originally in the general sense of a date from which succeeding years are numbered ): from modern Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē ‘stoppage, fixed point of time ’, from epekhein ‘stop, take up a position ’, from epi ‘upon, near to ’ + ekhein ‘stay, be in a certain state ’.

 

epochal

epochal |ˈɛpɒk (ə )l | ▶adjective forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.

 

epoch-making

epoch-making ▶adjective of major importance; likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

epoch

epoch noun England's Tudor epoch: era, age, period, time, span, stage; eon.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

epoch

epoch noun the Tudor epoch: era, age, period, time, aeon, span; stage, point in history; date.

 

Duden Dictionary

epochal

epo chal Adjektiv bildungssprachlich |epoch a l |zu Epoche 1 über den Augenblick hinaus bedeutsam, in die Zukunft hinein wirkend eine epochale Erfindung, Theorie | ein Ereignis von epochaler (sehr großer, überragender ) Bedeutung | figurativ ironisch, scherzhaft übertreibend du hast wieder mal eine epochale Idee 2 Pädagogik die einzelnen Fächer nicht nebeneinander, sondern nacheinander zum Gegenstand habend epochaler Unterricht

 

Epoche

Epo che Substantiv, feminin , die |Ep o che |die Epoche; Genitiv: der Epoche, Plural: die Epochen mittellateinisch epocha < griechisch epochḗ, eigentlich = das Anhalten durch eine Persönlichkeit oder ein Ereignis geprägter großer geschichtlicher Zeitabschnitt eine friedliche, längst vergangene Epoche | eine neue Epoche der Raumfahrt | der Geist einer Epoche | am Beginn einer neuen Epoche stehen Epoche machen durch eine besondere Leistung einen neuen Zeitabschnitt einleiten, eine Wende herbeiführen; Aufsehen erregen Lehnübersetzung von französisch faire époque diese Erfindung wird Epoche machen | eine Epoche machende Entdeckung

 

Epoche

Epo che Substantiv, feminin , die |Epoch e |die Epoche; Genitiv: der Epoche griechisch 1 das An-sich-Halten, Zurückhalten des Urteils bei den Skeptikern 2 Abschaltung der Außenwelteinflüsse bei dem Philosophen Husserl

 

epochemachend

epo che ma chend, Epo che ma chend Adjektiv Epoche machend |ep o chemachend Ep o che machend |eine neue Epoche begründend; besonders wichtig für eine weitere Entwicklung; aufsehenerregend eine epochemachende Entdeckung

 

Epochenunterricht

Epo chen un ter richt Substantiv, maskulin Pädagogik , der |Ep o chenunterricht |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

epoch

ep och /épək |íːpɔk /名詞 複 ～s /-s /C 1 (重要な出来事 発展などで特徴づけられた )時代 , 時期 ; 新時代 , 新紀元 ; (ある分野での )画期的な出来事 ▸ start an epoch in the computer world コンピュータの世界に新時代を開く 2 (ある人にとって )画期的なこと [出来事 ], 記念すべき日時 [瞬間 ].3 〘地 〙世 （せい ）〘地質時代の紀 (period )の下位区分で期 (age )の上位区分 〙.4 〘天 〙元期 （がんき ）〘天体観測上の基準時点 〙.

 

epochal

ep och al /épək (ə )l |épɔk -, íːpɔk -/形容詞 新時代 [紀元 ]の, 画期的な (epoch-making ).

 

epoch-making

é poch-m à king 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗画期的な, 新時代を画する 〈変化 宣言など 〉.