Day

Day

A day is a unit of time. In common usage, it is an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean the consecutive period of time during which the Sun is above the horizon of a location, also known as daytime. The period of time measured from local noon to the following local noon is called a solar day.

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Famous quotes containing the word day:

    “... every day is any day.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “The night is a skin pulled over the head of day that the day may be in torment.”
    —Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)

    “The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)