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1. (n.) ephemera
(used with a sing. v.) anything short-lived or transitory.
2. ephemera
(used with a sing. or pl. v.) such things collectively:
a writer of ephemera.
3. ephemera
(used with a pl. v.) items, as pamphlets, notices, and tickets, orig. intended to be of use for only a short time, esp. when preserved as collectibles.
4. ephemera
a pl. of ephemeron .
Etymology: (1670–80; < Gk ephēmera; see ephemeral)
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| Definition of 'Ephemera' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ephemera
something transitory; lasting a day
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Ephemera
a fever of one day's continuance only
2. (noun) Ephemera
a genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral
3. Ephemera
of Ephemeron
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Ephemera
Works consisting of transient everyday items, usually printed on paper, that are produced for a specific limited use and then often thrown away. (From Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed & The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
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