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noun The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
noun The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.
noun The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.

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The period during which the sun is above the horizon, or shines continuously on any given portion of the earth's surface; the interval of light, in contradistinction to that of darkness, or to night; the period between the rising and the setting of the sun, of varying length, and called by astronomers the artificial day. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains. Mark v. 5. It was the middle of the day. Ever the weary wind went on. Tennyson, Dying Swan.
Hence Light; sunshine. Let us walk honestly, as in the day. Rom. xiii. 13. It is directly in your way, we have day enough to perform our journey, and, as you like your entertainment, you may there repose yourself a day or two. Cotton, in Walton's Angler, ii. 225. While the day, Descending, struck athwart the hall, and shot A flying splendour out of brass and steel. Tennyson, Princess, vi.
The whole time or period of one revolution of the earth on its axis, or the space of twenty-four hours; specifically, the interval of time which elapses between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the sun. In this latter specific sense it is called the natural, solar, or astronomical day. Since the length of this day is continually varying, owing to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit and the obliquity of the ecliptic, a mean solar day (the civil day) is employed, which is the average period of one revolution of the earth on its axis relative to the sun's position considered as fixed. The day of twenty-four hours may be reckoned from noon to noon, as in the astronomical or nautical day, or from midnight to midnight, as in the civil day recognized in the United States, throughout the British empire, and in most of the countries of Europe. The Babylonians reckoned the civil day from sunrise to sunrise; the Umbrians, from noon to noon; the Athenians and Hebrews, from sunset to sunset; and the Romans, from midnight to midnight. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Gen. i. 5. My lord, I cannot be so soon provided; Please you, deliberate a day or two. Shak., T. G. of V., i. 3.

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Not only the duel itself, but what took place after it, was to me, as a stranger, a subject for grave reflection Notice of Mr Cilley's decease having been formally given to the House, it adjourned for a day or two, as a mark of respect, and a day was appointed for the funeral The coffin containing the body was brought into the House of Representatives, and there lay in state, as it were. — Diary in America, Series One
Sufficient for the day are the finger exercises thereof! — Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
But sufficient for the day is the beauty thereof--and it inspires us with affection for all beneath the skies. — Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
To her sufficient for the day is the good thereof; and on each new glorious sight being shown to her eyes, she employs her God-given power to magnify or irradiate what she beholds, without diminishing or obscuring what she remembers. — Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
Sufficient for their day was the evil thereof. — The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

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Middle English dai, day, from Old English dæg; see agh- in Indo-European roots.

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Early modern English also daye, daie; from Middle English day, dai, dei, dage, dawe, dæge, etc., from Anglo-Saxon dæg, plural dagas, = Old Saxon dag = OFries. dei, dī = Middle Low German dach, Low German dag = Dutch dag = Old High German tac, Middle High German tac, German tag = Icelandic dagr = Swedish Danish dag = Gothic (Moesogothic) dags, day; akin to Anglo-Saxon (poetical) dōgor = Icelandic dögr, day. Possibly ult. from Indian-European √ *dhagh, Sanskrit √ dah, burn. Not connected with L. dies, day (see dial). Hence daw and dawn.
from Middle English dayen, daien, variant of dawen, daʒen, from Anglo-Saxon dagian, become day, from dæg, day: see daw, v.
Supposed to be a corruption of bay.

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