Dictionary
du•ra•tion
Pronunciation: (doo-rā'shun, dyoo-), [key]—
n.
1. the length of time something continues or exists (often used with
the).
2. continuance in time.
3. (in the philosophy of Bergson) a temporal continuum, intuitively known, within which the élan vital operates.
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