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Meaning of era

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  era
      n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a
           fixed point or event [syn: {era}, {epoch}]
      2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually
         divided into two or more periods [syn: {era}, {geological
         era}]
      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 [syn: {earned run average},
         {ERA}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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