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:

    “Early in the morning, when day breaks, when all is fresh, in the dawn of one’s strength—to read a book at such a time is simply depraved!”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “The day people stop looking out for themselves first will be the end of the world.”
    —Chinese proverb.