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era (time period)

Definition:

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Class:

time noun

Plural:

eras

Type of:

time period » fundamental quantity » measure » abstraction

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

Caliphate | Christian era | day | historic period | modern era

Synonym:

epoch

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