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:

    “If you don’t appear
    at all one day they think you’re lazy
    or dead.”
    —Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)

    “Learning which does not advance each day will daily decrease.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Judicial judgment must take deep account ... of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.”
    —Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965)