ephemera
/ɪˈfɛməɹə/ · noun
Meaning
- Objects that are designed to be short-lived.
- (library science) Published single-sheet or single page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.
- (by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.
- Something short-lived or transitory.
- A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.
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