Microcenturies
The microcentury, about 52.6 minutes, is a joke unit attributed to the mathematician John von Neumann, who said it was the proper length of a lecture.
Convert microcenturies to any time unit
1 microcentury = 0.03652425 days
Quick facts
- Unit
- Microcentury (plural: microcenturies)
- Measures
- Time / Duration
- System
- Everyday comparisons
- Equals
- 3,155.6952 seconds
- Definition
- 10⁻⁶ century (about 52.6 minutes).
1 microcentury in other units
| Days | 0.03652425 d |
| Hours | 0.876582 h |
| Minutes | 52.59492 min |
| Seconds | 3,155.6952 s |
| Years | 0.0001 yr |
| Months | 0.0012 mo |
| Weeks | 0.00521775 wk |
| Milliseconds | 3,155,695.2 ms |
What is a microcentury?
The microcentury, about 52.6 minutes, is a joke unit attributed to the mathematician John von Neumann, who said it was the proper length of a lecture.
Where the microcentury sits among time units
The microcentury is number 34 of 101 on our scale of time units, ordered from smallest to largest.
Microsecond1 microcentury = 3,155,700,000 µs
Millisecond1 microcentury = 3,155,700 ms
Second1 microcentury = 3,155.7 s
Minute1 microcentury = 52.5949 min
Microcenturythis unit
Hour1 h = 1.14079 microcentury
Day1 d = 27.3791 microcentury
Week1 wk = 191.653 microcentury
Fortnight1 fn = 383.307 microcentury
Microcenturies in real life
One microcentury is about 2.4 sitcom episodes, or about 15 pop songs, or about 44% of a feature film, or about 43% of an elite marathon.
Top microcentury conversions
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Convert microcenturies to all 100 other units
Everyday
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- microcentury to Q
- microcentury to common year
- microcentury to leap year
- microcentury to semester
- microcentury to 30-day month
- microcentury to score (20 years)
Metric (SI)
- microcentury to ms
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Astronomical
- microcentury to a
- microcentury to sidereal day
- microcentury to synodic month
- microcentury to tropical year
- microcentury to Ma
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- microcentury to Mars sol
- microcentury to galactic year
- microcentury to Ga
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- microcentury to Callippic cycle
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- microcentury to sidereal second
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Scientific
- microcentury to tP
- microcentury to jiffy (electronics)
- microcentury to S
- microcentury to shake
- microcentury to ħ/Eh
- microcentury to jiffy (physics)
Historical & cultural
- microcentury to generation
- microcentury to olympiad
- microcentury to baktun
- microcentury to decimal hour
- microcentury to 刻
- microcentury to 时辰
- microcentury to .beat
- microcentury to decimal minute
- microcentury to decimal second
- microcentury to ghati
- microcentury to jubilee
- microcentury to kalpa
- microcentury to lustrum
- microcentury to moment (medieval)
- microcentury to muhurta
- microcentury to yuga
- microcentury to cd
- microcentury to 更
- microcentury to helek
- microcentury to indiction
- microcentury to kalabtun
- microcentury to katun
- microcentury to kin (Maya)
- microcentury to mahayuga
- microcentury to manvantara
- microcentury to piktun
- microcentury to triennium
- microcentury to tun (Maya)
- microcentury to vighati
- microcentury to winal
Everyday comparisons
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Frequently asked questions
What is a microcentury?
The microcentury, about 52.6 minutes, is a joke unit attributed to the mathematician John von Neumann, who said it was the proper length of a lecture.
How is the microcentury defined?
10⁻⁶ century (about 52.6 minutes).
How many days are in a microcentury?
One microcentury equals 0.03652425 days.
How many hours are in a microcentury?
One microcentury equals 0.876582 hours.
How many minutes are in a microcentury?
One microcentury equals 52.59492 minutes.