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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>era</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="epsilon-squared.html" title="epsilon squared"/><link rel="next" href="Eric-Conspiracy.html" title="Eric Conspiracy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">era</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="epsilon-squared.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Eric-Conspiracy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="era"/><dt xmlns="" id="era"><b>era</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Syn. <a href="epoch.html"><i class="glossterm">epoch</i></a>. Webster's Unabridged makes these
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words almost synonymous, but <span class="firstterm">era</span> more
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often connotes a span of time rather than a point in time, whereas the
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reverse is true for <a href="epoch.html"><i class="glossterm">epoch</i></a>. The
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<a href="epoch.html"><i class="glossterm">epoch</i></a> usage is recommended.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="epsilon-squared.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Eric-Conspiracy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">epsilon squared </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Eric Conspiracy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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