unità di tempo

Definitions of unità di tempo
  1. noun
    a unit for measuring time periods
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    giorno, ventiquattrore
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    notte
    the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
    mese
    a time unit of approximately 30 days
    ora
    a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
    mezz'ora
    a half of an hour
    quarto d'ora
    a quarter of an hour
    minuto, minuto primo, primo
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
    quarto
    a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
    minuto secondo, secondo
    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    nanosecondo
    one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
    domani
    the day after today
    oggi, oggidì
    the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
    ieri
    the day immediately before today
    vigilia
    the day before
    data
    the specified day of the month
    lunazione
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
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    dimensione, grandezza, misura, proporzione, quantitativo, quantità, quanto, quantum, valore
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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