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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Era \E"ra\, n.; pl {Eras}. [LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl of aes, aeris, brass, money. See {Ore}.] 1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned. The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. --R. S. Poole. 2. 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}). The first century of our era. --M. Arnold. 3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch. Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. --J. A. Symonds Syn: Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See {Epoch}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: era n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: {epoch}] 2: a major division of geological time; an era is divided into two or more periods From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Era, TX Zip code(s): 76238 From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: era n. Syn. {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but `era' more often connotes a span of time rather than a point in time, whereas the reverse is true for {epoch}. The {epoch} usage is recommended. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: ERA {Entity-Relationship-Attribute} From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: era Synonym {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time.
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