"millifortnight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: millifortnights [plural]
Etymology: milli- + fortnight Etymology templates: {{pre|en|milli<id:thousandth>|fortnight}} milli- + fortnight Head templates: {{en-noun}} millifortnight (plural millifortnights)
  1. (humorous) A period of time equal to one thousandth of a fortnight, which is exactly 1209.6 seconds, or about 20 minutes. Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Fourteen, Time Related terms: Wikipedia on Strange Units
    Sense id: en-millifortnight-en-noun-5PMoC7Dd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with milli- (thousandth)

Inflected forms

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