ABSP - Time How Long

Time How Long

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aeon eon	the largest division of geological time, composed of several ERAS.
aeonian eonian	lasting for aeons, eternal.
aeonic	lasting an AEON. N.B. no EONIC*.
age	a long but indefinite period of time; any great division of world, human, or individual history; (verb) to grow older.
agelong	lasting for an age or very long time.
ahemeral	not lasting a full twenty-four hours.
allnight	of light, fuel, food etc.: provided for the whole night.
awee	awhile.
awhile	for a while.
bimester	a period of two months.
bimillenary	a span of 2,000 years; a 2,000th anniversary.
bimillennium	a period of two thousand years > BIMILLENNIUMS or BIMILLENNIA.
calpa kalpa	one of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each calpa the world is annihilated, which is bad luck if you happen to be around at the time.
century	one hundred years.
chiliad	a group of 1000; a period of 1000 years, a MILLENNIUM. [Gk. kilioi, thousand].
chiliadal chiliadic	relating to a CHILIAD.
chronon	a very small unit of time, defined as a) the time required for a photon to travel the diameter of an electron or b) the time between pressing one's clock in Scrabble and seeing that there was a better move you could have played.
coeternal	equally eternal, jointly eternal.
coeternally	(adv.) COETERNAL, equally eternal.
day	a period of twenty four hours, or period of daylight.
daylong	lasting all day.
decade	a period of ten years.
decennium	a period of ten years > DECENNIA or DECENNIUMS.
diel	involving a full day.
diuturnal	of long continuance; lasting.
downtime	the period of time when e.g. a machine is out of action.
eon	see AEON.
eonian	see AEONIAN.
epact	the moon's age at the beginning of the year; the excess of the calendar month or solar year over the lunar.
ephemeral	existing only for a day, or short period; (noun) a creature, such as a mayfly, that lives for one day only.
epoch epocha	a division of geologic time shorter than a PERIOD.
epochal	belonging to an EPOCH; of the nature of an EPOCH.
epochally	(adv.) EPOCHAL, belonging to an epoch.
era	an age; a main division of geological time.
eternal	something lasting forever.
eternalise eternalize	to make eternal.
eternality	the state of being eternal.
eternally	(adv.) ETERNAL, lasting forever.
eterne	eternal.
eternity	duration without beginning or end.
evanescent	fleeting, transitory.
evanescence	the state of being EVANESCENT.
everlasting	lasting forever; (noun) a flower (of Helichrysum, Antennaria or other genus) that may be kept for years without much change of appearance.
everlastingness	the state of being EVERLASTING.
evermore	for all time to come.
eviternal	eternal.
eviternally	(adv.) EVITERNAL, eternal.
eyeblink	a very short instant of time.
femtosecond	one quadrillionth part of a second.
forever	(noun) eternity.
forevermore	forever.
fortnight	a period of two weeks.
fugacious	lasting a short time, evanescent.
fugacity fugaciousness	the state of being FUGACIOUS.
gliffing	the time required to give a glance, an instant. N.B. there is a noun GLIFF, but no GLIFFED*.
hebdomad	a set of seven, a period of seven days.
henceforward	from this time on.
hereafter	from this time on.
hexaemeron	the (biblical) six days of creation.
hexaemeric	relating to a HEXAEMERON.
horal	pertaining to hour(s); hourly.
horary	pertaining to an hour; continuing for an hour; hourly.
hour	sixty minutes.
hourlong	lasting an hour.
howre	(arch.) an hour.
instant	a very short period of time.
interregnum	the time during which a throne is vacant between two reigns; a lapse in a continuous series.
intraday	occurring within a single day.
jiff jiffy	an instant.
jour	a day, as in jour de feste.
kalpa	see CALPA.
laytime	the total time allowed for the loading and unloading of cargo.
lifelong	lasting the duration of a life.
lifespan	the length of a life.
lifetime	the length of a life.
longtime	enduring for a long time, e.g. my longtime friend.
lunation	a lunar month; the interval between successive new moons.
lustrum	a purification of the whole Roman people made in ancient times after the census every five years; by extension a period of five years, a QUINQUENNIUM > LUSTRA or LUSTRUMS.
meantime meanwhile	(noun) a period of time while something else is going on.
mensual	pertaining to a month; monthly.
microsecond	one millionth of a second.
millennium	a period of one thousand years > MILLENNIA or MILLENNIUMS.
millisecond	a thousandth part of a second.
minute	sixty seconds; (adj.) small > MINUTER, MINUTEST.
mo	a moment > MOS.
moment	a very short period of time.
momentany	momentary.
momentariness	the state of being momentary.
momentary	lasting for a moment.
momently	for a moment.
moneth	a month.
month	one of the twelve conventional divisions of the year, or its length.
monthlong	lasting for a month.
multiday	lasting for more than one day.
multiyear	lasting many years.
nanosecond	a billionth of a second.
nightlong	lasting all night.
noughties	the decade from 2000 to 2009.
nychthemeral	of or relating to a NYCHTHEMERON or 24-hour period.
nychthemeron	a full period of a day and night: 24 hours.
ouk oulk	(Scots) a week.
period	one of the main divisions of geological time; (verb) to come or bring to an end.
permanent	remaining, or intended to remain, indefinitely; (noun) a permanent member of staff.
permanence permanency	the fact or state of being permanent.
permanently	(adv.) PERMANENT.
picosecond	a millionth of a second.
protense	an extension in time, a duration.
quadrennium	a period of four years > QUADRENNIA or QUADRENNIUMS.
quadriennium	a period of four years > QUADRIENNIA not QUADRIENNIUMS*.
quinquennium	a period of five years > QUINQUENNIA or QUINQUENNIUMS.
saeculum seculum	an astronomical or geological age > SAECULUMS, SECULUMS.
saronic	relating to a SAROS, q.v.
saros	a cycle of 6585.32 days in which eclipses of the sun and moon occur in same sequence and at the same intervals as in the previous such cycle. [Gk. saros, from Babylonian sharu 3600].
season	one of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter; a limited period.
second	the SI unit of time (symbol s), defined in terms of the resonance vibration of the caesium-133 atom as the interval occupied by a specific number of cycles.
seculum	see SAECULUM.
semester	a period of six months; especially, a term in a college or university which divides the year into two terms. [L. semestris, from sex, six + mensis, a month].
sempiternal	of never-ending duration, eternal.
sennight	the space of seven nights and days, a week. [OE seofon nihta, from seofon, seven + nihta, plural of niht, night].
septennate	a period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.
septennium	a period of seven years > SEPTENNIA.
sexcentenary	relating to the number 600 or a period of 600 years.
somewhile	once; for a time.
subepoch	a subdivision of an EPOCH.
subperiod	part of a PERIOD.
svedberg	a unit of time used to measure sedimentation velocity. [From Theo Svedberg, Swedish chemist].
tarnal	(coll.) eternal > TARNALLY.
temporary	lasting for a time only; not permanent.
temporariness	the state of being TEMPORARY.
termtime	a period during which pupils are attending school.
timeframe	a limited or restricted period of time.
timescale	the period within which something happens or is to happen.
towmon towmond towmont	a twelvemonth.
transient	not lasting long; (noun) a transient thing or being.
transientness	the state of being TRANSIENT.
transitoriness	the state of being TRANSITORY.
transitory	not lasting long.
trice	a very short time; (verb) to haul and make fast.
triduan	lasting three DAYS.
triennium	a period of three years > TRIENNIA or TRIENNIUMS.
trimester	a period of three months, an academic term.
trimestrial trimestral	relating to a TRIMESTER.
twelvemonth	a period of twelve months.
uptime	the time during which machinery is functioning.
week	a period of seven days.
weeklong	lasting for a week.
while	an indefinite period of time.
whilere	while.
workaday	suitable for a work day, plain and practical; (noun) a working day.
workweek	the working week.
year	the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun.
yearlong	lasting a year.
yonks	ages, a long time. N.B. no YONK*.
zeptosecond	a 10 to the -21 part of a second.

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