Epoch - An Epoch (periodization)

An Epoch (periodization)

  • Epoch (reference date), a moment in time chosen as the origin of a particular era
  • Epoch (geology) or geologic epoch, a span of time smaller than a "period" and larger than an "age"
  • Epoch (cosmology) or cosmologic epoch, a phase in the development of the universe since the Big Bang
  • Epoch (astronomy), a moment in time used as a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
  • Epoch (race), racial periods in Blavatsky's esoteric theory of the root races
  • Epoch, a step in the training process of an artificial neural network

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    “The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence,—luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition,—are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.”
    —Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)