아주 긴 시간 또는 영겁의 세월.
An indefinite and very long period of time.
예문:
"It felt like eons had passed since we last spoke."
"The ancient mountains have stood for eons, watching the world change."
지질학적 연대 구분의 최대 단위로, 여러 대로 나뉨.
A major division of geological time, subdivided into eras.
예문:
"The Phanerozoic eon is the current geological eon in the Earth's history."
"The Archean eon marks a period when the Earth's crust had cooled enough for continents to form."
10억 년을 나타내는 시간의 단위.
A unit of time equal to one billion (1,000,000,000) years.
예문:
"The universe is estimated to be approximately 13.8 eons old."
"Cosmologists use eons to describe the vast timescales of the universe's expansion."
신플라톤주의나 영지주의에서 영겁으로부터 존재하는 신적 발출물.
In Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, a power or emanation existing from eternity.
예문:
"In Gnostic cosmology, eons are divine beings that emanate from the supreme God."
"The text describes the eon as a manifestation of the divine light."