transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi:pɔk ]
n. 1 a period of history or of a person's life marked by notable events. 2 the beginning of an era. 3 Geol. a division of a period, corresponding to a set of strata. øepoch-making remarkable, historic; of major importance. øøepochal adj. [mod.L epocha f. Gk epokhe stoppage]