The Only Use of
epoch
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- The circumstances leading to the change in Mr. Covey's course toward me form an epoch in my humble history.†
Chpt 10epoch = a significant period of time
Definition:
a significant period of time
The exact meaning of epoch depends upon its context. For example:
- "an epoch of scientific discovery" -- an historical period
- "during the Late Jurassic epoch" -- a unit of geological time smaller than a period and larger than an age
- "the epoch moment of the photo" -- the time of an astronomical measurement