Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Dominion Day
a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
 
15 August 1945
the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
 
lunar time period
there are usually two high and two low tides each day
 
today
the present time or age
 
eld
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
 
happy hour
the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
 
holiday
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
 
print run
the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper
 
real time
the actual time that it takes a process to occur
 
Mohammedan calendar
the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years
 
compensatory time
time off that is granted to a worker as compensation for working overtime
 
regency
the period of time during which a regent governs
 
golden wedding anniversary
the 50th wedding anniversary
 
youth
an early period of development
 
Midsummer Night
the night before Midsummer Day
 
Roman times
the time period during which Rome dominated Europe
 
Easter
a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
 
half life
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
 
1980s
the decade from 1980 to 1989
 
historic period
an era of history having some distinctive feature
 
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