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RECENT EPOCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Recent epoch mean? 

RECENT EPOCH (noun)
  The noun RECENT EPOCH has 1 sense:

1. approximately the last 10,000 yearsplay

  Familiarity information: RECENT EPOCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECENT EPOCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Approximately the last 10,000 years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Holocene; Holocene epoch; Recent; Recent epoch

Instance hypernyms:

epoch (a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages)

Holonyms ("Recent epoch" is a part of...):

Age of Man; Quaternary; Quaternary period (last 2 million years)


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