Duration
[djʊ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [du'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) continuance in time; 'the ceremony was of short duration'; 'he complained about the length of time required'.
(noun.) the property of enduring or continuing in time.
(noun.) the period of time during which something continues.
Editor: Tess--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
Editor: Maris
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Continuance (in time), continuation, lastingness, ENDURANCE.
Edited by Edward
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Period, continuance, term, space, protraction, prolongation
ANT:Momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity
Edited by Hamilton
Examples
- At length, Mr Boffin entreated to be allowed a quarter of an hour's grace, and a cooling walk of that duration in the yard. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She is happy then, said her father drily; and her residence there will probably be of some duration. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Another pause therefore of many minutes' duration, succeeded this speech, and Lucy was still the first to end it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This condition of affairs, however, was of but short duration. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The long duration of his malady has probably erased from his mind all vestige of her; and it were well that it should never again be imprinted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After a single combat of some duration they returned, and I saw, to my joy, both in Mrs. Crupp's countenance and in my aunt's, that the deed was done. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As he stood thus, with his brother on the other side, he fell into a heavy doze, of not a minute's duration, and awoke with a start. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Such a line would be long or short, according to the duration of the electric impulse. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Still, the average duration of human life is proved to have increased of late years. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- An interval of some duration elapsed, in which there was no bid for Mrs General. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The fourth limitation is derived from the inconstancy of the cause of these passions, and from the short duration of its connexion with ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- No foreign war, of great expense or duration, could conveniently be carried on by the exportation of the rude produce of the soil. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Albert Malvoisin, alarmed and impatient at the duration of their conference, now advanced to interrupt it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The duration of the heating varies with the thickness of the rubber sheet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Generally speaking we do not suppose them specifically different; but only attribute to them different relations, connections and durations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- To produce all the requisite signals with a single pith-ball electrometer, it was necessary to vary the durations of each divergence, and to combine several to form a single symbol. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Vilma