ephemeron

Meaning

  1. Something short-lived or transitory.
  2. A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.

Translations

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερον (ephḗmeron), neuter form of ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros).

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