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1343:Julian day
1164:T-symmetry
1025:Solar time
995:Civil time
676:Millennium
664:Millennium
651:millennium
318:Millennium
305:References
170:vernacular
103:millennium
45:millennium
18:Kilo-annum
1640:Millennia
1511:Fortnight
1358:Lunisolar
1348:Leap year
1282:Gregorian
1232:stopwatch
1207:Hourglass
1187:Astrarium
1104:Spacetime
1035:Time zone
912:Metrology
891:standards
713:Millennia
637:millennia
392:April 12,
162:centuries
101:The word
74:kiloannum
69:centuries
53:millennia
1572:Duration
1546:Saeculum
1526:Olympiad
1368:Solstice
1297:Holocene
1274:Calendar
1174:Horology
965:ISO 8601
960:ISO 31-1
553:Archived
266:See also
230:Kiribati
215:odometer
128:, year.
118:thousand
91:calendar
83:kiloyear
1541:Century
1531:Lustrum
1461:Instant
1333:Equinox
1302:Islamic
1244:Sundial
1109:Chronon
364:(ed.).
283:Century
219:utopian
158:decades
146:Keppler
67:or ten
65:decades
1536:Decade
1491:Moment
1486:Minute
1481:Second
1451:Other
1308:Julian
1287:Hebrew
933:offset
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120:, and
81:), or
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1577:music
1516:Month
1476:Jiffy
1471:Shake
1466:Flick
1363:Solar
1353:Lunar
1328:Epact
1292:Hindu
1227:Watch
1182:Clock
360:. In
256:Japan
211:1980s
142:Opper
124:annus
112:mille
107:Latin
61:years
1521:Year
1506:Week
1496:Hour
950:DUT1
889:and
840:15th
835:14th
830:13th
825:12th
820:11th
815:10th
587:2020
561:2020
529:2020
503:2021
472:ISBN
451:2021
425:2021
394:2021
254:and
252:Cuba
144:and
36:and
1501:Day
810:9th
805:8th
800:7th
795:6th
790:5th
785:4th
780:3rd
775:2nd
770:1st
758:BCE
743:3rd
738:2nd
733:1st
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