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− | Depending on context, '''epoch''' can refer to:
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− | ==Period of time==
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− | * a distinctive [[historical]] period or era
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− | * a [[unit]] of the [[Geologic Timescale|geologic timescale]], less than a period and greater than an age
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− | * a [[phase]] in the [http://institute.daynal.org/archives/extended_reference/cosmology/tufts.html development of the universe] with distinctive properties
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− | ==Moment in time==
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− | An '''Epoch''' signifies a significant [[event]], [[time]], or [[moment]] which is chosen as a new [[origin]] for time [[measurements]], usually as the delimiting factor of an [[Milieu|era]]:
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− | * [[References]] to such may include Epochal date, Epochal [[event]], Epochal [[moment]]
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− | * epoch (astronomy, and Epochal moment regard a precise moment in time for which [[celestial]] coordinates or [[orbital]] elements are specified.
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− | ===Time benchmark in Computing===
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− | * a step in the [[training]] [[process]] of an [[artificial]] [[neural network]].
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− | * Unix epoch]
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− | ===See also===
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− | *'''''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:6._SURVIVAL_OF_ADAM_AND_EVE Dispensational Adjudication]'''''
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− | [[Category: History]]
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− | [[Category: General Reference]]
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