duration, length
(noun) continuance in time; “the ceremony was of short duration”; “he complained about the length of time required”
duration, continuance
(noun) the property of enduring or continuing in time
duration, continuance
(noun) the period of time during which something continues
Source: WordNet® 3.1
duration (countable and uncountable, plural durations)
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
(in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
(finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
• drain out
Source: Wiktionary
Du*ra"tion, n. Etym: [OF. duration. See Dure.]
Definition: The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
