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unit of time

measurement unit for time
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Summary

unit of time ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,855 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Measured physical quantity: duration[2]
  • Subclass of: Q141631942[3]
  • Commons category: Spans of time[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Units of time[5]
  • Described by source: ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Metric units of time[7]
  • Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=UnitOfDuration[8], http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/DomainKyoto2#age_unit[9]
  • Different from: time standard[10], time interval[11]
  • Properties for this type: P2803[12]
  • Exact match: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/timeunit/[13]
  • P14870: ont00001357[14]

Why It Matters

unit of time has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . Suggested Upper Merged Ontology. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Q141581983. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    Equivalent class → https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang, http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/DomainKyoto2#age_unit
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/DomainKyoto2#age_unit"
  2. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 34
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'ga', 'gl', 'hy', 'ja', 'kab',
    Wurvoc.org measure id → Time_unit
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wurvoc.org measure id: Time_unit"
  3. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001357
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14870: ont00001357"
  4. 5w ago · Estopedist1 · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → time standard, time interval
    Subclass of → Q141631942
    Topic has template → Template:Metric units of time
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q65258693 */"
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