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Duration

Duration Meaning & Definition
Duration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Duration?

[n] continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required"
[n] the property of enduring or continuing in time
[n] the period of time during which something continues

Synonyms | Synonyms for Duration: continuance | length

Related Terms | Find terms related to Duration: abidingness | age | antiquity | changelessness | chronology | constancy | continuance | continuation | continuity | defeat of time | defiance of time | diuturnity | durability | durableness | duree | endurance | firmness | fixedness | frozenness | hardening | immobility | immovability | immovableness | immutability | invariability | invariableness | inveteracy | lastingness | long standing | longevity | long-lastingness | long-livedness | maintenance | perdurability | perennation | period | permanence | permanency | perpetualness | perpetuity | persistence | persistency | psychological time | quiescence | rigidity | run | solidity | space | space-time | span | spell | stability | standing | stasis | steadfastness | survival | survivance | tense | tenure | term | the future | the past | the present | tide | time | timebinding | torpor | unchangeability | unchangingness | while

See Also | brevity | briefness | clocking | continuation | endlessness | impermanence | impermanency | lengthiness | longness | longueur | note value | period | period of time | permanence | permanency | prolongation | protraction | residence time | rule | shortness | span | stint | stretch | temporal property | time | time period | time scale | time value | transience | value

Duration In Webster's Dictionary

\Du*ra"tion\, n. [OF. duration. See {Dure}.] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. --Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. --D. Webster.

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