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:

    “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    “Mordre wol out; that se we day by day.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)