decimal time

noun

A system of timekeeping in which time is decimalized.

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Meanings

noundecimal time (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA system of timekeeping in which time is decimalized.
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    The French Revolution was an era of extreme political and social change. Revolutionary fervor was applied to time itself. For a brief period, the French Republic introduced a decimal time system, with each day divided into ten hours and each hour divided into one hundred minutes. It was thoroughly logical and clearly superior to the sexagesimal system.

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