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| The FitnessGram<ref></ref> Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start. | |||
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| {{short description|Time period of two weeks}} | |||
| {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} | |||
| A '''fortnight''' is a unit of time equal to 14 ]s (two ]s). The word derives from the ] term {{lang|ang|fēowertīene niht}}, meaning "{{transl|ang|fourteen ]}}" (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).<ref>{{cite news|title=Fortnight|work=The Concise Oxford Dictionary|edition= 5th|date= 1964|page= 480}}</ref><!-- contraction of M.E. ''fourteniht'', from O.E. ''feowertyne niht'', lit. "fourteen nights", preserving the ancient Germanic custom of reckoning by nights, mentioned by ] in "Germania" xi. Related: Fortnightly. The fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days, e.g., "I'm meeting Adam in Venice in a fortnight" --><ref>''Senight'', ''sennight'' or ''se'night'' (seven-night), an old word for the week, was still in use in the early 19th century, to judge from ]'s letters.</ref> | |||
| ==Astronomy and tides== | |||
| {{further|Eclipse cycle}} | |||
| <!-- Lunar fortnight redirects here --> | |||
| In ], a ''lunar fortnight'' is half a ], which is equivalent to the ] period between a full moon and a new moon (and vice versa). This is equal to 14.07 days.<ref name="totality">{{cite book |last=Littmann |first=Mark |author2=Fred Espenak |author3=Ken Willcox |title=Totality: Eclipses of the Sun |publisher=] |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-19-953209-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SynodicMonth.html |title=Synodic Month definition |first=Eric W. |last=Weisstein}}</ref> | |||
| It gives rise to a lunar fortnightly ] (see: ]). | |||
| ==Analogs in other languages== | |||
| In many languages, there is no single word for a two-week period, and the equivalent terms "two weeks", "14 days", or "15 days" (]) have to be used. | |||
| * ]: in ], the term ''pythefnos'', meaning "15 nights", is used. This is in keeping with the Welsh term for a week, which is ''wythnos'' ("eight nights").<ref>{{cite web |author1=BBC |title=BBC Wales - Catchphrase|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/catchphrase/ysbyty_brynaber/lessons/language/lang45.shtml|website=BBC Wales|access-date=18 November 2016|date=16 October 2014|quote=Wythnos is a week.}}</ref> In ], the term is ''coicís''. | |||
| * Similarly, in ], the term δεκαπενθήμερο (''dekapenthímero''), meaning "15 days", is used. | |||
| * The ] uses the ] word पक्ष "pakṣa", meaning one half of a ], which is between 14 and 15 solar days. | |||
| * In ] there are the terms ''quincena'' (or ''quince días'') in ] and ], ''quinzena'' or ''quinze dies'' in ] and ''quinze dias'' or ''quinzena'' in ], ''quindicina'' in ], '']'' or '']'' in ], and ''chenzină'' in ], all meaning "a grouping of 15"; there are also the terms ''bisettimanale'' in ], ''bisemanal'' in ], ''bissemanal'' in ], ''bisetmanal'' in ], ''bihebdomadaire'' in ], and ''bisǎptǎmânal'' in ], that literally mean "biweekly". | |||
| * ] have a special "doubling ]". When added at the end of the word for "week" it changes the meaning to "two weeks". In ], the single-word ''שבועיים'' (''shvu′ayim'') means exactly "two weeks". Also in ], by adding the common ] to the word for "week", ''أسبوع'', the form ''أسبوعين'' (''usbu′ayn''), meaning "two weeks", is formed. | |||
| * ]: in ] the terms ''čtrnáctidenní'' and ''dvoutýdenní'' have the same meaning as "fortnight".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/fortnight|title=Do You Know How to Say Fortnight in Different Languages?|website=www.indifferentlanguages.com}}</ref> In ], the term ''два тижні'' is used in relation to "biweekly, two weeks". | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{Wiktionary|fortnight}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
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| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| {{Time measurement and standards}} | |||
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The FitnessGramCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start.