What is the meaning of era?

noun

  • A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
  • A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods.
  • 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. (.
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