Millennium

A Millennium is a Time Duration Unit of a time interval of 1000 years.

• Example(s):
  • Current Millennium: 2001–3000 or 2000-2999
  • "The military history of ancient Egypt spanned three millennia, spanning the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages."
  • "Archaeological evidence dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. indicates that the main island probably was settled by Sumerians."
• Counter-Example(s)
  • A Decade.
  • A Century.
  • Millennials.
• See: Time Duration Scale.

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References

2017a

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium
  • A millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) is a period equal to 1000 years, also called kiloyears. It derives from the Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year. It is often, but not always, related to a particular dating system.

    Sometimes, it is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the calendar in consideration (typically the year "1"), or in later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Frequently in the latter case (and sometimes also in the former) it may have religious or theological implications (see millenarianism). Sometimes in use, such an interval called a "millennium" might be interpreted less precisely, i.e., not always being exactly 1000 years long. It could be, for example, 1050, etc.

2017b

• (Dictionary, 2017) ⇒ millennium. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved May 14, 2017 from Dictionary.com website http://www.dictionary.com/browse/millennium
  • noun, plural millenniums, millennia [mi-len-ee-uh]
    • 1. a period of 1000 years.
    • 2. the millennium, the period of a thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth. Rev. 20:1–7.
    • 3. a period of general righteousness and happiness, especially in the indefinite future.
    • 4. a thousandth anniversary.

2016

• (Oxford University Press, 2016) &Arr; Oxford Dictionaries - Millennium http://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/millennium
  • A period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.

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