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:

    “Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.”
    —Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)

    “All day long in unrest,
    To and fro do I move,
    The very soul within my breast
    Is wasted for you, love!”
    —Owen Roe MacWard (d. 1849)

    “Our little systems have their day;
    They have their day and cease to be:
    They are but broken lights of thee,
    And thou, O Lord, art more than they.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)