unidad de tiempo

Definitions of unidad de tiempo
  1. noun
    a unit for measuring time periods
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    día
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    día sideral
    the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
    hora
    a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
    media hora
    a half of an hour
    minuto
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
    chispitina, momento, secretario, segundo
    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    microsegundo
    one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
    milisegundo, milésima de segundo
    one thousandth (10^-3) of a second
    hoy
    the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
    víspera
    the day before
    fecha
    the specified day of the month
    luna, lunación
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
    type of:
    cantidad, cuanto, medida, quantum
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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