era

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see also: ERA

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: îr'ə, IPA: /ˈɪə̯ɹ.ə/
• (America) enPR: ĕr'ə, IPA: /ˈɛɹ.ə/, /ˈɪɹ.ə/

Noun

era (plural eras)

1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
2. (geology) A unit of time, smaller than eon and greater than period.

Synonyms

• (time period of indeterminate length) age, epoch, period
• See also Thesaurus:era

Translations

• French: ère, période, époque
• German: Ära, Epoche
• Italian: era, epoca
• Portuguese: era, época
• Russian: э́ра
• Spanish: época, era, período

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ERA

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Noun

era

1. (baseball) Initialism of earned run average a baseball statistic.
2. (electronics) Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array
3. (military) Initialism of explosive reactive armor

Proper noun

1. (US) Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment
2. (EU, railways) Initialism of European Railway Agency called today the European Union Agency for Railways

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