ephemeral
Art History
(noun)
Something which lasts for a short period of time.
Biology
(adjective)
lasting for a short period of time
Examples of ephemeral in the following topics:
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Archiving IRC
- IRC conversations are nominally public, but many people think of them as informal and ephemeral conversations.
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Energy Sources
- One such adaptation is the rapid growth of spring ephemeral plants, such as the spring beauty .
- The spring beauty is an ephemeral spring plant that flowers early in the spring to avoid competing with larger forest trees for sunlight.
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Interaction with Email
- The exact occasions on which you should link an ephemeral, ticket-specific discussion community with the permanent, project-specific community will depend on many things: the tracking software, the way your community is organized, etc.
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European Expressionist Architecture
- Hence, ephemeral exhibition buildings were numerous and highly significant during this period.
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Postmodernist Sculpture
- Ice sculpture is a form of ephemeral sculpture that uses ice as the raw material.
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Process Art
- In process art, the ephemeral nature and insubstantiality of materials are often showcased and highlighted.
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Earthworks
- Many of the first works created in the deserts of Nevada, New Mexico, Utah or Arizona were ephemeral in nature and now only exist as video recordings or photographic documents.
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Avoid Private Discussions
- Furthermore, public discussion has beneficial side effects that will last beyond whatever ephemeral technical question was at issue:
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Structure and Formatting
- In IRC or similarly ephemeral forums, it's generally okay to leave out capitalization, use compressed forms of common expressions, etc.
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Credit
- The more ephemeral the forum, the more free you should feel to express thanks there.