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Essentially, any period of time shorter than a month and longer than a day. In normal usage, a week is a
unit of time defined as 7 days. Two weeks are called a fortnight. The Mayan calendar
had two different weeks of 13 and 20 days. The French revolutionary calendar had 10-day weeks.
Day, Fortnight, French Revolutionary Calendar, Mayan Calendar, Month

© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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