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an historical period of great accomplishment in a field or a society, usually following, and not quite as good as, a golden age, and not as bad as an iron age.
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Silver age — Silver Sil ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. Silver hair. Shak. [1913 Webster] Others, on silver lakes and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Silver Age — n. 1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. the second age of the world, inferior to the earlier Golden Age 2. [s a ] any period of progress, prosperity, etc. of a lesser degree than that of a corresponding golden age … English World dictionary
Silver age — A silver age is a name often given to a particular period within a history, typically as a lesser and later successor to a golden age, the metal silver generally being valuable, but less so than gold. The original Silver Age was one of the five… … Wikipedia
silver age — 1. Class. Myth. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness. 2. (usually caps.) a period in Latin literature, A.D … Universalium
Silver Age of Russian Poetry — Silver Age is a term traditionally applied by Russian philologists to the first two decades of the 20th century. It was an exceptionally creative period in the history of Russian poetry, on par with the Golden Age a century earlier. In the… … Wikipedia
Silver Age (DC Comics Title) — Silver Age was the collective title of a series of twelve one shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000, and of the storyline which ran through them.Each of the 12 issues were a one shot (feature issue #1 on the cover), however they formed… … Wikipedia
Silver age — Âge d argent des comics Dans le domaine des comics, l Âge d argent est le nom donné à la période située entre la fin des années 1950 et le début des années 1970. Elle succède à l âge d or Pendant cette période, le ton est marqué par la science… … Wikipédia en Français
Silver Age of Comic Books — The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those featuring the superhero archetype, that lasted roughly from 1956 to the late 1960s/early 1970s.… … Wikipedia
Silver Age Sentinels — Infobox RPG title= Silver Age Sentinels caption= designer= Stephen Kenson, Mark C. MacKinnon, Jeff Mackintosh, Jesse Scoble publisher= Guardians of Order date= 2002 (both editions) genre= Superhero fiction system= Tri Stat dX (variant) d20 System … Wikipedia
Silver age of alpinism — The Silver age of alpinism is the name given to the era in mountaineering that began after Edward Whymper and party s ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 and ended with W. W. Graham and party s ascent of the Dent du Géant in 1882. [… … Wikipedia
SILVER AGE — the age in the Greek mythology in succession to the Golden; gold being viewed as the reality, and silver the idle reflection. See AGES and GOLDEN AGE … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
