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About these units
Novennial (9 years)
A novennial period, or nine-year span, is used in long-term statistical tracking, education planning, psychological developmental models, and ceremonial cycles. Some ancient cultures used nine-year intervals for festivals or social rites, reflecting the symbolic significance of the number nine in mythology and numerology. Modern research sometimes employs nine-year windows for smoothing data or tracking developmental milestones that do not align neatly with decades.
Shake (shake)
A shake is a playful but scientifically important unit equal to 10 nanoseconds. It originated in the Manhattan Project, where physicists needed a convenient term for very short intervals in nuclear chain reactions. A nuclear fission event occurs on the order of a few shakes, making the unit ideal for modeling neutron capture, reaction propagation, and weapon physics. Today, the shake appears in nuclear engineering literature, plasma physics, and astrophysics—any field involving extremely rapid events. Despite its whimsical name, the shake represents a meaningful scientific compromise: short enough for nuclear events, yet still relatable and easy to calculate.