civil day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of civil day
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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A deduction of the number of the years from the number of the sidereal days gave, as remainder, the number of civil days in the exeligmos.
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The civil day always commences at the midnight preceding this astronomical day.
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HOUR, the twenty-fourth part of a civil day, the twelfth part of a natural day or night, a space of time of sixty minutes’ duration.
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In England the period of the civil day may also vary under different statutes.
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We may remark that the commencement of the astronomical day commences twelve hours after the civil day.
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