ephemera

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/ɪˈfɛməɹə/ English

Definitions

noun

Objects that are designed to be short-lived.“vintage ephemera”
(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.“audio ephemera”

noun

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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Synonyms

notabilia stub giftware souvenir throwaway museum piece book product post-object art objet d'art disjecta membra photographica type advertique keepsake item

Associated

mayfly tomes transitory rec memorabilia collage greeting archival curated archives prints archive

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