eon
Meaning
- Eternity, the duration of the universe.
- An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.
- (informal) A long period of time.
- A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years.
- The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.
- A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈi.ɑn/
Etymology
From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).
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