ERA

era, geological era

(noun) a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

era, epoch

(noun) a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

ERA (countable and uncountable, plural ERAs)

(baseball) Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.

(electronics) Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.

(military) Initialism of explosive reactive armor.

Proper noun

ERA

(US) Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment.

(EU, railways) Initialism of European Railway Agency (called today the European Union Agency for Railways)

Anagrams

• 'ear, ARE, Aer, EAR, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, are, aër-, ear, rea

Etymology

Noun

era (plural eras)

A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.

(geology) A unit of time, smaller than eons and greater than periods.

Synonyms

• (time period of indeterminate length): age, epoch, period

• See also era

Anagrams

• 'ear, ARE, Aer, EAR, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, are, aër-, ear, rea

Source: Wiktionary

E"ra, n.; pl. Eras. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition