duration
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Canada//dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
- Canada//djəˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
- //dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
- //djʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
nom
- 1
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.
She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.
an intermission of 15 minutes' duration
To make matters worse, we pass through a torrential rainstorm, which makes window-gazing almost impossible, leaving me glad that the trip is less than 30 minutes duration.
- 2
The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
Rationing will last at least for the duration.
- 3
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.
Étymologie
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
Formes
- pluriel
- durations
duration · An amount of time or a particular time interval.
during · For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending.During · A surname.dusk · Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black;…