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   e·on

   /ˈēən/

   noun

   • 1. an indefinite and very long period of time: "he reached the crag eons before I arrived"
   • ▪ a unit of time equal to a thousand million years.
   • ▪ a major division of geological time, subdivided into eras: "the Precambrian eon"
   • 2. (in Neoplatonism, Platonism, and Gnosticism) a power existing from eternity; an emanation or phase of the supreme deity.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in eon (sense 2)): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek aiōn ‘age’.

   Scrabble Points: 3

   • E

     1

   • O

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   • N

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