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:

    “Myn owene trewe wif,
    Do as thee lust the terme of al thy lif;
    Keep thyn honour, and keep eek myn estat,”
    After that day we hadde nevere debat.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
    Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 4:16.

    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)