decurrencen.
/ˈdɪˈkʌrəns/ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [noun] > course or passage of time
process1357
concoursec1400
coursec1460
successionc1485
passing-by1523
by-passing1526
slacka1533
continuancea1552
race1565
prolapse1585
current1587
decurse1593
passage1596
drifting1610
flux1612
effluxion1621
transcursion1622
decursion1629
devolution1629
progression1646
efflux1647
preterition1647
processus1648
decurrence1659
progress1664
fluxation1710
elapsing1720
currency1726
lapse1758
elapse1793
time-lapse1864
wearing1876
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 536 The errata's which, by long decurrence of time, through many mens hands have befaln it, are easily corrected.
1677 P. A. in R. Cary Palæologia Chronica The Course of Humane Beeing even from the Source Of it's Decurrence.
2. Botany. The condition of being decurrent adj.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 228 The decurrence of the fibres.
1883 G. Allen in Nature 29 Mar. 511 There will be a strong tendency towards the long pointed ribbon-like form, and also a marked inclination towards decurrence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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