kiloday n.

a period of one thousand days

Rare.

  • 1945 β€˜W. Long’ Nomad in Astounding Science-Fiction Feb. 95/2 page image George O. Smith bibliography

    Leilanane has been in school for four kilodays and her contact with her famous brother has been limited.

  • 1945 β€˜W. Long’ Nomad in Astounding Science-Fiction Feb. 141/2 page image George O. Smith bibliography

    He had known the man for many kilodays.

  • 1965 C. C. MacApp Light Outside in Worlds of Tomorrow Sept. 31/1 page image C. C. MacApp bibliography

    I, Rulvu, Monarch of all the Caves, do in this ninth kiloday of the Fourth Dynasty decree that [etc.].

  • 1993 R. J. Sawyer Fossil Hunter 203 Robert J. Sawyer bibliography

    I was fortunate enough to go on a hunt with her about a kiloday ago.

Research History
Ralf Brown submitted a cite from a 1991 reprint of Vernor Vinge's "Marooned in Realtime". (This cite has been misplaced, and we are unable to find it by searching the text of this book on Amazon.)
Mike Christie submitted a cite from an editorial by John W. Campbell in the Feb 1945 Astounding Science fiction.

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