- a variation of eon.
aeon
Example Sentences
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So here's another important caveat: If a week is a long time in politics these days, a fortnight is an absolute aeon.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2018
In this new era of oversharing, the 1994 of Four Weddings seems an aeon away.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2016
Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images An aeon has passed, it seems, since last played a championship match at Hove.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2012
The time frame matches Bottke’s model and corresponds to the Archaean aeon.
From Nature ● Apr. 25, 2012
Doubtless the idea of an aeon is in one sense always uniform, always the same, viz., as a tenth or a twelfth is always the same.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey