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Era

//ˈɪə.ɹə// name, noun, slang

Proper Noun

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Initialism of European Railway Agency, called today the European Union Agency for Railways. European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2
Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the US Constitution. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"ERA meant the equality of women, to those who urgently sought it, to those who abhorred it, and to those who found it obvious if not entirely redundant."

Noun

1
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
"Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white."
2
Initialism of Earth rotation angle (the rotation of the Earth from the Celestial Intermediate Origin that has no instantaneous motion along the equator.) abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3
(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched wordnet
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A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
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Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Taylor, listed at 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, went 0-1 with a 1.01 ERA in 15 games for Birmingham. He struck out 37 in 26 2/3 innings."

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a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods wordnet
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An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest. informal
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Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event wordnet
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Initialism of explosive reactive armor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of engine room artificer, a Royal Navy position. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Slang

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A period of personal style or identity phase. slang, social-media, 2020s
"I am in my fitness era."

Borrowed from Late Latin aera.

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