Ideler passes over the Indians, and with good reason ; for they had not the week, and could not have had it, since they divided the nychthemeron into thirty hours, which the following out the same method would give rise to an entirely different series of planetary regents.
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Nychthemeron — /nɪkˈθɛmərɒn/, occasionally nycthemeron or nuchthemeron (Greek νυχθήμερον from the words nycht night , and hemera day, daytime ) is a period of 24 consecutive hours. It is sometimes used, especially in technical literature, to avoid the ambiguity … Wikipedia
Nychthemeron — Der Begriff Nychthemeron oder Nykthemeron (auch Tagnacht; altgriechisch νυχθήμερον, abgeleitet von νύξ (nyx) für Nacht und ἡμέρα (hēmera) für Tag) bezeichnet eine Zeitspanne von 24 aufeinanderfolgenden Stunden, die sich zumeist auf den Abschnitt… … Deutsch Wikipedia
nychthemeron — n. day, 24 hours, period of time of one day and one night (from Greek) … English contemporary dictionary
nychthemeron — nych·them·er·on … English syllables
nychthemeron — A period of 24 hours … Grandiloquent dictionary
nychthemeron — … Useful english dictionary
Day — For other uses, see Day (disambiguation). Water, Rabbit, and Deer: three of the 20 day symbols in the Aztec calendar, from the Aztec calendar stone. A day is a unit of time, commonly defined as an interval equal to 24 hours … Wikipedia
Tag — Heute ist: Montag, 21. November 2011 47. KW Mit dem Wort Tag (mhd. tag tac, asächs. dag, got. dags … Deutsch Wikipedia
Сутки — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Сутки (значения). Солнце и Луна (Хартман Шедель Нюрнбергская хроника, 1493 год) … Википедия
nycthemeron — variant of nychthemeron * * * nycthemer(on variant of nychthemeron … Useful english dictionary
