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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The period of time between two successive transits of the mean sun, used as the standard in measuring the 24-hour day.
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- noun the
average length of a solar day, used forpractical timekeeping
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- noun time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
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