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About these units
Minute (min)
A minute is equal to 60 seconds, a remnant of the ancient Babylonian base-60 (sexagesimal) numeral system. Civilizations such as the Sumerians and Babylonians divided circles, geometry, and time into 60-based increments, an elegant system that persists today in minutes and seconds. Minutes serve as a comfortable human-scale unit—long enough to measure meaningful intervals (such as short tasks or durations in sports) yet short enough to maintain precision in technical contexts. Meteorologists, musicians, aviators, and engineers still rely heavily on minutes because they allow intuitive expression of small-to-medium time spans. Despite its ancient origin, the minute remains an indispensable unit in modern life, reflecting our deep cultural inheritance from early mathematical civilizations.
Year (Leap) (y (leap))
A leap year contains 366 days, occurring roughly every four years in the Gregorian calendar to correct for the fact that a tropical year is not exactly 365 days. Leap years prevent seasonal drift by compensating for the extra 0.2422 days in each solar year. Without leap-year corrections, seasons would shift by one full day every four years, eventually placing summer in December over the course of centuries. Leap years are essential to maintaining synchrony between human calendars and Earth's orbital mechanics, illustrating how civil timekeeping must regularly adjust for astronomical reality.