MEASURES OF TIME
- beat
- equal to about one Earth second.
- mina
- 66 beats (similar to an Earth minute). There is no equivalent term for an hour.
- rise
- 1,698 minas; spans from sunrise to the next sunrise in Anderia (roughly equivalent to a day in Earth terms, approximately 26 hours). There is no equivalent term for a month.
- rev/revolution
- 360 rises; signifies one orbital revolution of Anderia around its binary suns (about a year in Earth terms, approximately 390 days).*
- * The Anderian calendar reset at rev zero after the global devastation of the Genic Murrain. Reference to a specific rev is denoted as Rev PC.696 (PC = post corruption). Dates are written as Rise PC.86.696 or spoken as the 86th rise of the 696th rev.
MEASURES OF DISTANCE
- pedis
- 11.11 Earth inches (similar to an Earth foot).
- milledia
- 6,000 pedis (about 5,000 Earth feet; akin to an Earth mile)