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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of making something ephemeral. uncountable
2. 2
   A technological progression towards being able to do more and more work with fewer resources. uncountable

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ization. In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.

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