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:
“The end crowns all;
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud,
And after summer evermore succeeds
Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold;
So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Men often compete with one another until the day they die; comradeship consists of rubbing shoulders jocularly with a competitor.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)