eon

Meaning

  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.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈi.ɑn/
Etymology

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

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