noun
a unit for measuring time periods
• Syn: ↑unit of time
• Hyponyms:
↑day, ↑twenty-four hours, ↑twenty-four hour period, ↑24-hour interval, ↑solar day, ↑mean solar day, ↑night, ↑mean time, ↑mean solar time, ↑terrestrial time, ↑TT, ↑terrestrial dynamical time, ↑TDT, ↑ephemeris time, ↑month, ↑sidereal day, ↑bell, ↑ship's bell, ↑hour, ↑hr, ↑60 minutes, ↑half-hour, ↑30 minutes, ↑quarter-hour, ↑15 minutes, ↑minute, ↑min, ↑quarter, ↑second, ↑sec, ↑s, ↑attosecond, ↑femtosecond, ↑picosecond, ↑nanosecond, ↑microsecond, ↑millisecond, ↑msec
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time unit noun
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Main Entry: ↑time
Useful english dictionary. 2012.