Era

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by
              Ideler to have been an era.           --R. S. Poole.
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     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}).
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              The first century of our era.         --M. Arnold.
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     3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails;
        a signal stage of history; an epoch.
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              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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 usually
          divided into two or more periods [syn: {geological era}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "era":
     Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Depression Era, Golden Age, Ice Age,
     Iron Age, Jacksonian Age, Middle Ages, New Deal Era,
     Prohibition Era, Silver Age, Steel Age, Stone Age, age, days,
     epoch, glacial epoch, stage, term, time
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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.
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ERA
       
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Era, TX
    Zip code(s): 76238