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epoch unit of geologic time that is a subdivision of a period. The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs, for example, are divisions of the Quaternary period. Epoch is also used to describe a short length of geologic time during a special occurrence, such as the glacial epoch. See geology ; Geologic Timescale (table).

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Epoche (bracketing out): see PHENOMENOLOGY.

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