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:

    Two feathered guests from Alabama, two together,
    And their nest, and four light-green eggs spotted with brown,
    And every day the he-bird to and fro near at hand,
    And every day the she-bird crouched on her nest, silent, with bright
    eyes,
    And every day I, a curious boy, never too close, never disturbing
    them,
    Cautiously peering, absorbing, translating.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    If the day comes when they know who
    They are, they may know better where they are.
    But who they are is too much to believe—
    Either for them or the onlooking world.
    They are too sudden to be credible.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)