What does centiday mean?
Centiday means One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds..
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/ˈsɛntɪdeɪ/ · noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds..
ABC's This Day Tonight in Adelaide proudly broke the news on 1 April 1975 that metric time was being introduced to Australia. The new metric time system would see seconds become millidays, minutes become centidays, and hours become decidays.
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Centiday means One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds..
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ABC's This Day Tonight in Adelaide proudly broke the news on 1 April 1975 that metric time was being introduced to Australia. The new metric time system would see seconds become millidays, minutes become centidays, and hours become decidays.
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