English noun: unit of time |
1. | unit of time (time) a unit for measuring time periods |
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| Synonyms | time unit |
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| Broader (hypernym) | amount, measure, quantity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | 15 minutes, 24-hour interval, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, attosecond, bell, day, day, ephemeris time, femtosecond, half-hour, hour, hr, mean solar day, mean solar time, mean time, microsecond, millisecond, min, minute, month, msec, nanosecond, night, picosecond, quarter, quarter-hour, s, sec, second, ship's bell, sidereal day, solar day, TDT, terrestrial dynamical time, terrestrial time, TT, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours |
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