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:

    “I have no hostility to nature, but a child’s love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “This is perhaps a day of general honesty
    Without example in the world’s history....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Make your plans for the year in the spring, and your plans for the day early in the morning.”
    —Chinese proverb.