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Definition: Epochal |
EpochalAdjective1. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: EpochalSynonym: epoch-making (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Epochal |
| Specialty definitions using "epochal": epochal time. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Epochal" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (epochal). |
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Economic History | Italy | The musical influence of Italian composers Monteverdi, Palestrina, and Vivaldi proved epochal; in the 19th century, Italian romantic opera flourished under composers Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Epochal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epochal" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "epochal": epochal time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epochal | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "epochal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | epokal (epoch making). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عصري (modern, modernistic, new, up to date). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | епохален (epoch making). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | epochální (epoch making, historic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | amnesi for tidsperiode (epochal amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gelokaliseerde amnesie (epochal amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مهم (Chief, Considerable, Earthshaking, Grand, Grave, Great, Head, Important, Main, Material, Momentous, Principal, Serious, Significant, Smacker, Substantial), تاریخی (Historic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | délai prospectif (epochal time), amnésie pour une époque (epochal amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | epochal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εποχήσ (seasonal), αυτόσ που αφήνει εποχή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | koszos (begrimed, crappy, dirty, foul, grimy, lousy, mangy, scabby, scabious, scruffy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | amnesia localizzata (epochal amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epochalay período (cycle, date, hour, period, phase, run, season, spell, stage, term, time, tract), histórico (historic relics, historical reasons, historical report, the rest is history). (various references) epocal (epoch making, memorable). (various references) эпохальный (epoch making). (various references) epohalan. (various references) que hace época (epoch making). (various references) epokgörande (epoch making), som rör en epok. (various references) เกี่ยวกับช่วงเวลาสำคัญในประวัติศาสตร์ (คำทางการ), ซึ่งมีความสำคัญอย่างมาก (epoch-making). (various references) yeni döneme ait, çığır açan (epoch making, pioneer). (various references) епохальний (epoch making). (various references) mở ra một kỷ nguyên (epoch-making), đánh dấu một thời kỳ; lịch sử (epoch-making). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "epochal": epochally. (additional references) | |
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"Epochal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: empochal, ephocal, Epoca, epocal, Epocha, epoche, Pochala. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "epochal" (pronounced e"pukul) |
| 5 | -p u k u l | typical. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-o-p" | |
-1 letter: chapel, cheapo, pleach. | |
-2 letters: aleph, chape, cheap, chela, copal, epoch, haole, leach, loach, peach, place, poach. | |
-3 letters: ache, alec, aloe, calo, cape, caph, capo, chao, chap, chop, clap, clop, coal, cola, cole, cope, each, echo, epha, hale, halo, heal, heap, helo, help, hole, holp, hope, lace, leap, lech, loca, loch, lope, olea, opah. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-o-p" | |
+1 letter: potlache. | |
+2 letters: catchpole, coliphage, epochally, potlaches, showplace. | |
+3 letters: acephalous, acidophile, apothecial, catchpoles, cellophane, cephalopod, chopfallen, coliphages, encephalon, grapholect, heptachlor, neophiliac, polychaete, potlatched, potlatches, showplaces. | |
+4 letters: acidophiles, archipelago, autocephaly, cellophanes, cephalopods, cephalothin, geophysical, grapholects, hemophiliac, heptachlors, hypocentral, hypokalemic, lycanthrope, myelopathic, necrophilia, neophiliacs, patchoulies, pedophiliac, perchlorate, phylloclade, placeholder, polychaetes, procephalic, prophetical, reproachful, spirochetal. | |
+5 letters: accomplished, accomplisher, accomplishes, allelopathic, anchorpeople, approachable, archesporial, archipelagos, cephalometry, cephalothins, chalcopyrite, diencephalon, euphonically, euphorically, exophthalmic, flexographic, geographical, heliographic, hemophiliacs, hydrocephaly, hyperbolical, hypocalcemia, hypocalcemic, hypoglycemia, hypothetical, leptocephali, lexicography, lycanthropes, metaphorical, microcephaly, necrophiliac, necrophilias, nonspherical, paleographic, perchlorates, perichondral, phenological, phenotypical, phonemically, phonetically, photonuclear, phylloclades, placeholders, plainclothes, polycythemia, procathedral, psychobabble, psychosexual, pyrocatechol, reproachable, theosophical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 70 6F 63 68 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--. --- -.-. .... .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110000 01101111 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E p o c h a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0070 006F 0063 0068 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39828169746778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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