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:

    “Life is the lust of a lamp for the light that is dark till the dawn
    of the day when we die.”
    —A.C. (Algernon Charles)

    “See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!”
    —Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 6:2.

    “Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Job, in Job 3:3.