tijdseenheid

Definitions of tijdseenheid
  1. noun
    a unit for measuring time periods
    synonyms: tijdeenheid
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    D-day
    date of the Allied landing in France, World War II
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    d, dag, etmaal
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    kalendermaand, maand
    a time unit of approximately 30 days
    d, dag, etmaal
    the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day
    scheepsbel
    (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
    halfuur
    a half of an hour
    s, sec., seconde
    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    nanoseconde
    one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
    microseconde
    one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
    milliseconde
    one thousandth (10^-3) of a second
    heiligavond
    the day before
    dagtekening, dat., datering, datum
    the specified day of the month
    lunatie
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
    manuur
    a time unit used in industry for measuring work
    type of:
    afmeting, dimensie, gehalte, graad, grootheid, hoeveelheid, kwantiteit, maat, maatstelsel, mate, meting, proportie, verhouding, verhoudingen
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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