Time Unit

Of measure.   May also be referred to as unit of time.

A unit for measuring time periods.

This concept's ID is @1~76817

Hour

  • hour 6 facts

    A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour".

  • minute 1 facts

    A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile".

  • half-hour 0 facts

    A half of an hour.

  • quarter-hour 0 facts

    A quarter of an hour.

  • quarter 0 facts

    A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter...

Femtosecond

  • femtosecond 1 facts

    One quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond.

  • attosecond 0 facts

    One quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond.

Nanosecond

  • picosecond 1 facts

    One trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond.

  • nanosecond 1 facts

    One billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond.

Millisecond

  • microsecond 1 facts

    One millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond.

  • millisecond 1 facts

    One thousandth (10^-3) of a second.

Astronomy

  • mean time 0 facts

    (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly...

  • TT 0 facts

    (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar...

Also contains

  • day 11 facts

    Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put...

  • month 7 facts

    A time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill".

  • second 2 facts

    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unite...

  • bell 0 facts

    (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's...

  • night 0 facts

    The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collaps...

  • day 0 facts

    The time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes...