Alternativa stavningar

  • (australisk engelska) aeon
  • (arkaistisk) æon

Uttal

    • IPA: /ˈiː.ɒn/
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Substantiv
1.eon {en}geologi, amerikansk engelska, informella ord
2.evighet {en}amerikansk engelska, informella ord

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (US) Eternity.
  2. A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
  3. (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
  4. (US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
  5. (Gnosticism, usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

Exempel

  • We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
  • It's been eons since we last saw each other.

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