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A list of terms relating to measurement of time.

Category: Science

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A week is a time unit equal to seven days. It is the standard time period used for cycles of work days and rest days in most parts of the world.

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

A time zone is a region that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. It is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time, so ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

A system of measurement is a set of units of measurement which can be used to specify anything which can be measured and were historically important, regulated and defined because of trade and ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

Solar time is a reckoning of the passage of time based on the Sun's position in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day. Two types of solar time are apparent solar time and mean ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

Sidereal time is a time-keeping system astronomers use to keep track of the direction to point their telescopes to view a given star in the night sky. Briefly, sidereal time is a time scale that is ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

The second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units and is also a unit of time in other systems of measurement. It is the second division of the hour by sixty, the first ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

The minute is a unit of time or of angle. As a unit of time, the minute is equal to 1⁄60 of an hour or 60 seconds. As a unit of angle, the minute of arc is equal to 1⁄60 of a degree or 60 seconds (of ...

Domain: Mathematics; Category: Measurements

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