epoch vs year

epoch

noun
  • A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period. 

  • A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs). 

  • A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time. 

  • A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable. 

  • One complete presentation of the training data set to an iterative machine learning algorithm. 

verb
  • To divide (data) into segments by time period. 

year

noun
  • A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity. 

  • A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a". 

  • The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year). 

  • A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar. 

  • A level or grade in school or college. 

  • A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference). 

  • The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star. 

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