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Talking of Unit of Time then no doubt it is second. But measuring time in larger units are minute

Astronomy uses time to measure distance, interesting but true, they say distance covered by light in a year is a unit of length called light year.

Geologically time scale is divied into eon, era, period, epoch, age and chron. Biology also uses the same time-periods.

Largest unit od time into which the earths past has been divided is super-eon.

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Earth's history can be divided into eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages, each term being a smaller unit of time than the preceding term.

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