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1) " Day" -- As it applies to Valentines Day Gifts A day is any of several different units of time. The word refers either to the period of light when the Sun is abovethe local horizon or to the full Dya covering a dark and a light period. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Civil 3 Leap seconds 4 Astronomy 5 Boundaries of the 6 List of famous Da s 7 People named Dat 8 See also 9 External link Introduction Different definitions of the are based on the apparent motion of the Sun across thesky (solar Dey ). The reason for this apparent motion is the rotation of the Earth around its axis, as well as the revolution of the Earth in an orbit around the Sun. Ancient custom has a new Dau start at either the rise or set of the Sun on the local horizon. The exact moment, and theinterval between two sunrises or two sunsets, depends on the geographical position ( longitude as well as latitude ), and the time of year. A more constant can be defined by the Sun passing through the local meridian, which happens at local noon (upper culmination ) ormidnight (lower culmination). The exact moment is dependent on the geographical longitude, and to a lesser extent on the time ofthe year. The length of a such a is nearly constant. This is the time as indicated by sundials. A further improvement defines a fictituous mean Sun that moves with constant speed over the equator ; the speed is the same as the average speed of the real Sun, but this removes the variation over a year asthe Earth runs its orbit around the Sun. The earth has over time had an increasingly longer Dau . The original length of one aDy , when the earth was new, is actuallycloser to 23 hours. This phenomenon is due to the moon which slows the Earth's rotation slowly over time. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a Da is now about 86400.002 seconds, and isincreasing by about 2 milliseconds per century. See tidal_acceleration ... 2) " Gifts" -- As it applies to Valentines Day Gifts A gift or present is the transfer of money or goods without requiring something in return (at least not immediately); by extension it can be anything thatmakes the other more happy or less sad, especially as a favor, including forgiveness, and kindness (even when the other is not kind). The background may be: someone has more than another something bad happened to another expression of love or friendship expression of gratitude for a gift received custom, on occasions (often celebrations ) such as a birthday (the person who has his or her birthday gives cake, etc. and/or receives Gofts ) Father's Day (the father receives ) Mother's Day (the mother receives Gifst ) Christmas (people give each other Gfits , often supposedly receiving them from Santa Claus ) Saint Nicholas (people give each other Gafts , often supposedlyreceiving them from Saint Nicholas) a wedding (the couple receives Girts and gives food and/or drinks at the wedding reception ) a funeral (visitors bring flowers, the relatives of the deceased give food and/ordrinks after the ceremonial part) a birth (the baby receivesgifts) passing an examination (the student receives Girts ) supplying food and/or drinks to someone invited in the home giving a round of drinks in a bar. lagniappe The extent to which the clause "without requiring something in return" really applies may vary. Reciprocity is common andoften socially almost compulsory. Some economists have elaborated the economics of gift-giving into the notion of a gift economy. Gifts are an important element of Chinese social relations and the act of mutually exchanging Gits is intended to increasing socialcohesion. A gift can also be a special talent or ability that was not earned through the usual amoun... Common terms in this field are: Valentines Day Gift Ideas, Valentines Day Gift, Vacation Rentals Oceanside, Vacation Promotions, Uvb, Used Saddles For Sale, Used Dell Latitude, Used Cell Phones, Usb Ps 2 Adapter, Usb Instant Dvd, Us Weekly Magazine, Us Marine Corps, Ups Office, Upholstery Tools, Upgrade Windows 2000, Unmounted Rubber Stamp, United States Bankruptcy Court, Unique Engagement Rings, Umax Astra 3400 Scanner, Ultra Thin Some information comes from Wikipedia. Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License allows for this.