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Unit of time   /jˈunət əv taɪm/   Listen
Unit of time

noun
1.
A unit for measuring time periods.  Synonym: time unit.






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"Unit of time" Quotes from Famous Books



... entity like the Nyaya-Vais'e@sika. Time represents the order of moments in which the mind grasps the phenomenal changes. It is hence a construction of the mind (buddhi-nirma@na). The time required by an atom to move its own measure of space is called a moment (k@sa@na) or one unit of time. Vijnana Bhik@su regards one unit movement of the gu@nas or reals as a moment. When by true wisdom the gu@nas are perceived as they are both the illusory notions of time and space vanish. Vyasabha@sya, Tattvavais'aradi, and Yogavarttika, III. ...
— A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1 • Surendranath Dasgupta



Words linked to "Unit of time" :   15 minutes, sec, min, half-hour, quarter-hour, quarter, msec, mean solar time, hr, month, microsecond, picosecond, day, twenty-four hour period, quantity, s, terrestrial dynamical time, solar day, bell, ephemeris time, time unit, minute, twenty-four hours, attosecond, amount, terrestrial time, night, 24-hour interval, TT, measure, ship's bell, hour, nanosecond, second, sidereal day, femtosecond, 30 minutes, mean time, 60 minutes, TDT, mean solar day, millisecond



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