Hypernyms for "unit of time"
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15 minutes
24-hour interval
30 minutes
60 minutes
attosecond
bell
day
ephemeris time
femtosecond
half-hour
hour
hr
mean solar day
mean solar time
mean time
microsecond
millisecond
min
minute
month
msec
nanosecond
night
picosecond
quarter
quarter-hour
s
sec
second
ship''s bell
sidereal day
solar day
TDT
terrestrial dynamical time
terrestrial time
TT
twenty-four hour period
twenty-four hours
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.