Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
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NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning which is a phenomenon.
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