transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]
Date: 1640
1. : a time during which a civilization undergoes a decline: as
a. plural , capitalized D&A : the European historical period from about A.D. 476 to about 1000 ; broadly : Middle Ages
b. often plural , often capitalized D&A : the Greek historical period of three to four centuries from about 1100 B.C.
2.
a. often plural , often capitalized D&A : the primitive period in the development of something
in the 1890s, way back in baseball's Dark Ages — R. W. Creamer
b. often plural , often capitalized D&A : a state of stagnation or decline