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noun
Any particular time interval, used as a standard way of measuring or expressing duration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: time unit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a unit for measuring time periods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: time unit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measure, quantity, amount
Narrower terms: day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period, 24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day, night, mean time, mean solar time, terrestrial time, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time, month, sidereal day, bell, ship's bell, hour, hr, 60 minutes, half-hour, 30 minutes, quarter-hour, 15 minutes, minute, min, quarter, second, sec, s, attosecond, femtosecond, picosecond, nanosecond, microsecond, millisecond, msec
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