centiday

centiday
noun /ˈsɛntɪdeɪ/
One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.

ABCs 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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