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English Dictionary: duration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duration n the period of time during which something continues [syn: duration, continuance] the property of enduring or continuing in time Synonym(s): duration, continuance continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required" Synonym(s): duration, length
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duration \Dura"tion\, n. [OF. duration. See {Dure}.] 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.