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Meaning of ephemera

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ephemera

Pronunciation:/ɪˈfɛməɹə/

noun

Definitions

  1. Objects that are designed to be short-lived.

    Example: vintage ephemera

  2. (library science) Published single-sheet or single page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.

  3. (by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.

    Example: audio ephemera

noun

Definitions

  1. Something short-lived or transitory.

  2. A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.