Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Magha

the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar

 

Feast of Dormition

celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th

 

blue moon

a long time

 

widowhood

the time of a woman's life when she is a widow

 

Lower Carboniferous period

from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects

 

Commonwealth Day

British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth

 

second period

the second division into which the play of a game is divided

 

day

the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis

 

TRM

the coordinated universal time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body

 

time of life

a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

 

cold spell

a spell of cold weather

 

isometry

the growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same

 

midafternoon

the middle part of the afternoon

 

crime rate

the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

 

night shift

the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)

 

bank holiday

any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain

 

time constant

(electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude

 

half-century

a period of 50 years

 

time

a suitable moment

 

Siwan

the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)