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A plan that shows when things will happen.

The smallest commonly used unit of time, 60 of which make a minute.

The time it takes for the Earth to rotate once relative to the sun (about 24 hours).

The time it takes Earth to orbit the Sun once (about 365.25 days).

A tool used to measure exact time, usually for short events like races.

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