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noneternity en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + eternity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of not being eternal.
    • Whatever has a cause is noneternal, and so here the middle term, caused, does not prove the eternity of sound but rather confirms its noneternity. 1983, Rajmani Tigunait, Seven Systems of Indian Philosophy, page 89: