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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Era \E"ra\, noun; pl. {Eras}. [LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of aes, aeris, brass, money. See {Ore}.]
1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. --R. S. Poole.
2. A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under {Christian}).
The first century of our era. --M. Arnold.
3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. --J. A. Symonds.
Syn: Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See {Epoch}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
era
noun
1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: {epoch}]
2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: {geological era}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "era": Bronze Age, Dark Ages, Depression Era, Golden Age, Ice Age, Iron Age, Jacksonian Age, Middle Ages, New Deal Era, Prohibition Era, Silver Age, Steel Age, Stone Age, age, days, epoch, glacial epoch, stage, term, time
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
era n. Syn. {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but 'era' more often connotes a span of time rather than a point in time, whereas the reverse is true for {epoch}. The {epoch} usage is recommended.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
era Synonym {epoch}. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but "era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ERA {Entity-Relationship-Attribute}
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Era, TX Zip code(s): 76238
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