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0.1 Reaction Time , Blinking

0.15 seconds -- recommended maximum time delay for Telephone service

0.2 to 0.67 seconds -- a Beat of modern Dance Music

average Reading or Talking speed 120 Word s/min is 0.5 s/word

1/70 to 1/120 min = 0.5 to 1 s - Heart Rate period, Frequency 2 to 1 Hertz

Sensory Memory up to 1 s.

Breathing period

Reading / Talking speed, 1-5 s/ Sentence

Short Term Memory up to 10 to 15 s

60 seconds = one Minute

3600 seconds = one Hour , one Lesson

28,600 seconds = 8 hours -- one workday in most Western countries

86,400 seconds = one Day = 24 hours, Sleep , Awake

604,800 seconds = Week = 7 days (with one Weekend )

~30 days length of the Month , Biorhythm

9 Month human Gestation

3.156 E7 seconds = Year

1 E8 S, 3.2 To 32 Years

Decade

human Generation

2.4 E9 seconds = 75 years -- Average Life Span in the First World

3.156 E9 seconds = Century

SEE ALSO

Cycles

Frequency

Hertz

Human Scale

Orders Of Magnitude (time)

Rhythm

Tempo