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:

    “Make your plans for the year in the spring, and your plans for the day early in the morning.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Let the light be called Day so that men may grow corn or take busses.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “The first day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    A partridge in a pear tree.”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 1–3)