Era vs Ert - What's the difference?
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A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
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(geology) A unit of time, smaller than .
As a noun era
is a time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.As an abbreviation ERT is
ellenikí/Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Hellenic (Greek) Broadcasting television), Greece.As a verb ert is
to incite; urge on; encourage.era
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=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.}}
citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}