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eternity

endless time, an infinite duration
Class type of: infinity, time interval Q138045

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
infinity, time interval
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[5][6][7]
Different from
Eternity, Eternidad[9][10]
Opposite of
instant[4]
Partially coincident with
permanence[8]
Said to be the same as
aeon[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en eternity en sempiternity en perpetuity en forever en everlasting en always ar أبد cs věčnost da evighed de Ewigkeit el Αιωνιότητα es eternidad fa ابدیت fi ikuisuus fr éternité he נצח hi शाश्वतता hu mindig hu mindörökre hu örökké
🔖 Identifiers · 41
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85045070
GND ID
4153288-0
OpenAlex ID
C43242481
Arabic Ontology concept ID
293655
BNCF Thesaurus ID
19722
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119668640
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
05551b
Colon Classification
Q:367
Dewey Decimal Classification
297.2 (115–297.2, n=5)
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID
SIM-0002
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/eternity
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
eternite
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FAST ID
915775
Freebase ID
/m/01fv9x
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
evighet
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1911422
Harper's tag
eternity
IdRef ID
027676641
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
eternity
Klexikon article ID
Ewigkeit
Lex ID
evighed
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
43242481
Museum-digital tag ID
44188
NL CR AUT ID
ph139098
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555685305171
National Library of Latvia ID
000057183
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX527201
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1161335
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
158324
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtSGDvGA6rKD
Quora topic ID
Eternity
SVKKL authority ID
0294362-vecnost
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
eternity
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
ebed
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID
eternita
Vikidia article ID
fr:Éternité
Wellcome Collection concept ID
tb2p9app
WikiKids ID
Eeuwigheid
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
15268787-n, 15298392-n
YSO ID
22378
Yale LUX ID
concept/52a034f3-b94c-4601-b2ed-b6897c8fee78

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🔗 Connections
← Has characteristic 4
mathematics, God, hell, God in Judaism
Named after 3
Eternity, Invincible, I evighet
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
Subclass of 2
infinity, time interval
Different from 1
Eternity
Opposite of 1
impermanence
Said to be the same as 1
aeon
← Different from 1
Eternity
← Facet of 1
al-Baqiy
← FactGrid item ID 1
Valay
← Represents 1
Armenian eternity sign
← Said to be the same as 1
aeon
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Summary

eternity is a type of infinity[1] and time interval[2].

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Influence

Things named for eternity include Eternity[11], a film[12], directed by David Freyne[13]; Invincible[14], a song[15]; and I evighet[16], a song[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for eternity include Eternity[11], a film[12], directed by David Freyne[13]; Invincible[14], a song[15]; and I evighet[16], a song[17].

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mathematics

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → instant
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Opposite of: instant"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → eternity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: eternity, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927119|eternity (#289927119)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
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