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eon

English

Alternative forms

* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)

Noun

(wikipedia eon) (en noun)
  • (US) Eternity.
  • A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= citation , passage=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.}}
  • (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
  • (US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
    • It's been eons since we last saw each other.
  • A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

    • Derived terms

    * Archean eon * eonian *

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    cenozoic

    English

    (wikipedia Cenozoic)

    Alternative forms

    * Caenozoic *

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (geology) Of or pertaining to the Cenozoic .

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (geology) A geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon comprising the Paleogene and Neogene from about 65 million years ago to the present, when the continents moved to their current position and modern plants and animals evolved.

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