eon

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Eternity, the duration of the universe.
2. An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
3. (informal) A long period of time.
4. A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years.
5. The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
6. A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

Concepten

eon

eeuwigheid

tijdperk

eterniteit

sempiterniteit

Synoniemen

aeon

age

eternity

æon

era

imperishableness

period of time

perpetuity

very long period of time

epoch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈi.ɑn/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).