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e·on

   [ee-uhn, ee-on]
noun
1.
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
2.
the largest division of geologic time, comprising two or more eras.
3.
Astronomy. one billion years.
Also, aeon.

Origin:
see aeon
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Eon is always a great word to know.
So is pulsar. Does it mean:
one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation such as radio waves with a high degree of regularity
the gaseous envelope surrounding a heavenly body
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Example Sentences
  • La lenta y laboriosa puntada tenia que darse eon un trabajo excesivamente penoso.
  • Psychiatry is a eon behind any such revelation of the untoward ontology of nightmares.
  • We long to hold on to those rituals and traditions of eon that still resonate, while making new meaning from the ether.
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World English Dictionary
aeon or esp (US) eon (ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn, ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn)
 
—n
1.  an immeasurably long period of time; age
2.  a period of one thousand million years
3.  (often capital) gnosticism one of the powers emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the demiurge
 
[C17: from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time]
 
eon or esp (US) eon
 
—n
 
[C17: from Greek aiōn an infinitely long time]

eon (ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn)
 
—n
1.  the usual US spelling of aeon
2.  geology the longest division of geological time, comprising two or more eras

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Word Origin & History

eon
1640s, from L. aeon, from Gk. aion "age, vital force, lifetime," from PIE base *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (cf. Skt. ayu "life," Avestan ayu "age," L. aevum "space of time, eternity," Goth. aiws "age, eternity," O.N. ævi "lifetime," Ger. ewig "everlasting," O.E. a "ever, always").
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eon   (ē'ŏn')  Pronunciation Key 
The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras.
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