stretch of time
- spanDistance between endpoints
- durationLength of existence
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- intervalDuration between two points
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
while · spell · phase · passage · season · era · epoch · chapter · window · block · hours · days · weeks · waiting · lingering · fleeting · endless · brief
duration length
stretch of timeinstant
Briefest unit of time
moment · split second · flash · blink of an eye · heartbeat
temporal continuity
stretch of timeinterruption
Break in continuity
break · pause · intermission · gap · hiatus
temporal boundedness
stretch of timeeternity
Boundless temporal existence
forever · infinity · timelessness · perpetuity · the eternal