unit of time 1
noundomain: time
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a unit for measuring time periods
Synonyms
- time unit 1
a unit for measuring time periods
Hypernym
measure 2
noun
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
EnglishHyponym
day 1
noun
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
night 4
noun
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
mean time 1
noun
(astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
month 2
noun
a time unit of approximately 30 days
