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Saturday 17 November 2012

Units of Time

Our universe can not work without time


    *Time counting:-
  1. Chronon:- One-billionth of a trillionth of a second.
  2. Femto second:- 0.000000000000001 of a second.
  3. Pico second:- 0.000000000001 (One-trillionth) of a second.
  4. Nano second:- 0.000000001 (One-billionth) of a second.
  5. Micro second:- 0.000001 (One-millionth) of a second.
  6. Milli second:-0.001 (On-thousandth) of a second, the blink of an eye takes 50-80 milli seconds.
  7. Centi second:-0.01 (One-hundredth) of a second.
  8. Second:- 1/60 of a minute.
  9. Minute:- 60 seconds.
  10. Hours:- 60 minutes (3600 seconds).
  11. Day:- 24 hours.
  12. Week:- 7 days.
  13. Forth night:- 2 weeks.
  14. Month:- Full Moon to full Moon- 1/12 of a year, 4weeks, or 28,29,30,31 days depending on Month.
  15. Bimester:- Two months.
  16. Trimester:- Three months.
  17. Year:- 365 days, 52 weeks, or 12 months.
  18. Solar day:- 23 hours 56 minutes.
  19. Solar year:-365.24219 solar days or 365 day 5 hours 48 minutes 45.51 seconds.
  20. Leap year:- 366 days.
  21. Decade:- 10 years, also called a decennium.
  22. Century:- 100 years.
  23. Millennium:- 1000 years; also called a chiliad.
  24. Bimillennium:- 2000 years.
  25. Era:- A period of time measured from some important event.

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