Definition of ephemera Ephemera
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We found 9 definitions of ephemera from 5 different sources.
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What does ephemera mean?
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NounPlural: ephemeras |
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| ephemera - something transitory; lasting a day | ||
| time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ephemera (Noun)
Plural of ephemeron. - ephemera (Noun)
transitory things. - ephemera (Noun)
publications that are designed to be short-lived.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ephemera (n.)
A fever of one day's continuance only. - ephemera (n.)
A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral. - ephemera (pl. )
of Ephemeron
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ephemera
ef-em′er-a, n. the Mayfly, a genus of short-lived insects: that which lasts a short time.—adj. Ephem′eral, existing only for a day: daily: short-lived.—n. anything lasting a short time.—ns. Ephemeral′ity; Ephem′erid, an insect belonging to the group Ephemeridæ.—adj. Ephemerid′ian.—ns. Ephem′eris, an account of daily transactions: a journal: an astronomical almanac:—pl. Ephemerides (ef-e-mer′i-dēz); Ephem′erist, one who studies the daily motions of the planets; Ephem′eron, an insect that lives but a day.—adj. Ephem′erous. [Through L.,—Gr. ephēmeros, living a day—epi, for, hēmera, a day.]
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