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The ′quadqua·timel (10⁴_z ′timels) is equivalent to the ′bicia·day (10⁻²_z ′days). This comes out to exactly 600_d seconds (420_z s), or ten minutes. This is equivalent to a dozen ′trices. It's interesting to note that the decimal figure for “10_d minutes” resembles the equivalent dozenal figure for “10_z ′trices”. (Twenty (20_d) minutes is equivalent to two dozen (20_z) ′trices, thirty (30_d) minutes is equivalent to three dozen (30_z) ′trices, and so forth.)

In the past, dozenalists have suggested naming this time unit the "temin", as a corruption of “ten minutes”. However, deriving a name for a dozenal unit from a decimal word ("ten") and from a unit ("minute") not appearing as part of a dozenal metrology, does not seem very apt. The same argument can be leveled against an SNN_z-compatible construct such as "deca·minute". Instead, Primel proposes nicknaming this the ′breather, given that is a typical duration that one might “take a breather"—as in the common idiom “take ten” (that is, ten minutes).

See Also

• The ′stadial·quantity series