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Day

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Watter, Rabbit, an Deer: three o the 20 day seembols in the Aztec calendar, frae the Aztec calendar stane.

A day is a unit o time. In common uisage, it is an interval equal tae 24 oors.[1] It can mean anither thing an aw; the consecutive period o time in whilk the Sun is abuin the horizon o a location, forby kent as daytime. The period o time meisured frae local noon tae the follaein local noon is cried a solar day.[2][3]

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  1. "Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI, and units based on fundamental constants". Archived frae the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. Weisstein, Eric W. (2007). "Solar Day". Retrieved 31 Mey 2011.
  3. Weisstein, Eric W. (2007). "Day". Retrieved 31 Mey 2011.