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<h2 number="11.5"><span class="header-section-number">11.5</span> Circular Representations of Days and Years</h2>
<p>A 24-hour clock naturally represents the progression of time through
the day, moving from midnight to noon and back again in one rotation.
A point on a circle divided into 24 hours is thus a natural
representation for the time of day. Similarly, years cyc