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Meaning of EPOCHAL

Pronunciation:  'epukul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: epoch-making, important, significant
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep"o*chal\, a.
Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. ``Epochal
points.'' --Shedd.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: alternate, beating, circling, consequential, cyclic, even, every other, far-reaching, important, intermittent, isochronal, measured, metronomic, momentous, oscillatory, periodical, pulsing, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rotary, seasonal, serial, steady, undulant, undulatory, unmatched, unparalleled, wavelike, wheeling
 

 

 

 

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