Term from
David Brin's
Uplift series of novels. A dura is a period of time approximately one-third of a
minute. The dura is the principal unit of time of the
Civilisation of the Five Galaxies.
Other units of Galactic time, in proportion to the dura:
kidura: One thirty-sixth of a dura.
midura: 214 duras.
jadura: 7740 duras, or 36 miduras.
pidura: 279936 duras, or 36 jaduras.