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:

    “The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.”
    —Jean Racine (1639–1699)

    “In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Ecclesiastes 7:14.

    “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)