durations
How long things
Duration is the length of time that something lasts or continues.
It emphasizes the span from beginning to end rather than a specific moment: The duration of the flight was about three hours.
The phrase for the duration means for as long as something continues, often implying an indefinite period: We're stuck here for the duration.
In music, duration refers to how long a note is held.
Interval timing device
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- chronometerPrecision timekeeping instrument
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
- clockDevice displaying time
metronome · sundial · elapsed · timed · clocked · milliseconds · seconds · minutes
Measure of extent
- extentRange or magnitude
- stretchPull to extend
- intervalDuration between two points
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
term · stint · run · spell · phase · cycle · window · timeframe
Rate of musical performance
- paceSpeed of movement
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- timingArt of choosing moments
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
meter · pulse · frequency · rate · sustained · prolonged · brief · fleeting
Distinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- eonImmense time division
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- PrecambrianEarliest geological eon
Paleozoic · Mesozoic · Cenozoic · Holocene · Pleistocene · Jurassic · Cretaceous · Triassic
stopwatch
Interval timing device
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- chronometerPrecision timekeeping instrument
- hourglassGravity-powered sand timer
clock · metronome · sundial · elapsed · timed · clocked · milliseconds · seconds · minutes · hours
length
Measure of extent
period · term · stint · run · spell · phase · cycle · window · timeframe · lifespan
tempo
Rate of musical performance
cadence · meter · pulse · frequency · rate · sustained · prolonged · brief · fleeting · momentary
epoch
Distinct historical period
Precambrian · Paleozoic · Mesozoic · Cenozoic · Holocene · Pleistocene · Jurassic · Cretaceous · Triassic · Cambrian
- time unitssecond, minute, hour, seconds, day
- timelinestimelines, chronology, chronologies, time periods, historical periods
durationsinstants
Infinitesimal time spans
moments · points in time · instances · split seconds · flashes
durationseternity
Boundless temporal existence
permanence · timelessness · forever · infinity · perpetuity
durationsinterruptions
Breaks in continuity
breaks · cessations · terminations · endings · stops
- for the durationFor all the time
- flight durationTime aloft between destinations
- short durationLimited time period
- sleep durationLength of nightly unconsciousness
- call durationPhone conversation span