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