Definition of duration

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Duration (n.) The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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Tract :: Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
Semiquaver :: Semiquaver (n.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
Scleriasis :: Scleriasis (n.) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid.
Time :: Time (n.) The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
Great :: Great (superl.) Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval..
Yuga :: Yuga (n.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world..
Quantity :: Quantity (n.) The relative duration of a tone.
Aeon :: Aeon (n.) A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon..
Decrease :: Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain..
Endurance :: Endurance (n.) A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.
Time :: Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof..
Finite :: Finite (a.) Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (a.) Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..
Permanency :: Permanency (n.) The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature..
Obduration :: Obduration (n.) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.
Psychometry :: Psychometry (n.) The art of measuring the duration of mental processes, or of determining the time relations of mental phenomena..
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