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Day
A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours. It also can mean that portion of the full day during which a location is illuminated by the light of the sun, also known as daytime. The period of time measured from local noon to the following local noon is called a solar day. Several definitions of this universal human concept are used according to context, need and convenience. In 1967, the second was redefined in terms of the wavelength of light, and it became the SI base unit of time. The unit of measurement for time called "day", redefined in 1967 as 86,400 SI seconds and symbolized d, is not an SI unit, but it is accepted for use with SI. A civil day is usually also 86,400 seconds, plus or minus a possible leap second in Coordinated Universal Time UTC, and, in some locations, occasionally plus or minus an hour when changing from or to daylight saving time. The word day may also refer to a day of the week or to a calendar date, as in answer to the question "On which day?" Day also refers to the part of the day that is not night — also known as 'daytime'. The life patterns of humans and many other species are related to Earth's solar day and the cycle of day and night. The average length of a solar day on Earth is about 86,400 seconds (24 hours) and there are about 365.2422 solar days in one mean tropical year. Because celestial orbits are not perfectly circular, and thus objects travel at different speeds at various positions in their orbit, a solar day is not the same length of time throughout the orbital year. A day, understood as the span of time it takes for the Earth to make one entire rotation with respect to the celestial background or a distant star (assumed to be fixed), is called stellar day. This period of rotation is about 4 minutes less than 24 hours and there are about 366.2422 in one mean tropical year (one more stellar day than the number of solar days). Mainly due to tidal effects, the Earth's rotational period is not constant, resulting in further minor variations for both solar days and stellar 'days'. Other planets and moons also have stellar and solar days.
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- Artist(s):
- Auguste Rodin
- Michelangelo
ETUDE D'APRES LE JOUR DE MICHEL ANGE
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau
LA DANSE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Day
- Night
- Tambourine
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michelangelo
Moulage du Jour (monument funéraire de Julien II de Médic...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 15th century
- 16th century
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- Field(s):
- Furniture
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- Designation:
- cabinet (à deux corps)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Le Brun
Le Lever de l'Aurore, dit aussi, Apollon et les Heures (a...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antoine-François Callet
Le lever de l'Aurore
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La Création des animaux
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- Portrayed subject:
- Animal
- Aquatic mammal
- Bird
- Creation myth
- Day
- Deer
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- Date:
- 16th century
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