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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sidereal \Si*de"re*al\, a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris a constellation, a star. Cf {Sideral}, {Consider}, {Desire}.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as sidereal astronomy. 2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day {Sidereal clock}, {day}, {month}, {year}. See under {Clock}, {Day}, etc {Sideral time}, time as reckoned by sideral days, or taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day This is strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean equinoctial point. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Day \Day\, n. [OE. day dai,, dei, AS d[ae]g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf {Dawn}.] 1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence the light; sunshine. 2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a {solar day}; if it is a star, a {sidereal day}; if it is the moon, a {lunar day}. See {Civil day}, {Sidereal day}, below. 3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work 4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing age; time. A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day --Jowett (Thucyd. ) If my debtors do not keep their day . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden. 5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus --Shak. His name struck fear, his conduct won the day --Roscommon. Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as daybreak, daylight, workday, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: day n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passangers per day" [syn: {twenty-four hours}, {solar day}, {mean solar day}] 2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual" 3: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: {daytime}, {daylight}] [ant: {night}] 4: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day" 5: the recurring hours established by contract or usage for work "it was a busy day on the stock exchange" 6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships" 7: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day" 8: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?" 9: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day [syn: {sidereal day}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Day FL Zip code(s): 32013 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Day The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). "The heat of the day" (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o'clock, and "the cool of the day" just before sunset (Gen. 3:8). Before the Captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (1) from sunset to midnight (Lam. 2:19); (2) from midnight till the cock-crowing (Judg. 7:19); and (3) from the cock-crowing till sunrise (Ex. 14:24). In the New Testament the division of the Greeks and Romans into four watches was adopted (Mark 13:35). (See {WATCHES}.) The division of the day by hours is first mentioned in Dan. 3:6, 15; 4:19; 5:5. This mode of reckoning was borrowed from the Chaldeans The reckoning of twelve hours was from sunrise to sunset, and accordingly the hours were of variable length (John 11:9). The word day" sometimes signifies an indefinite time (Gen. 2:4; Isa. 22:5; Heb. 3:8, etc.). In Job 3:1 it denotes a birthday, and in Isa. 2:12, Acts 17:31, and 2 Tim. 1:18, the great day of final judgment. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DAY n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts the day proper and the night, or day improper -- the former devoted to sins of business, the latter consecrated to the other sort. These two kinds of social activity overlap.
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