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A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertīene niht , meaning " fourteen nights " (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).
One furlong per fortnight is very nearly 1 centimetre per minute (to within 1 part in 400). Besides having the meaning of "any obscure unit", furlongs per fortnight have also served frequently in the classroom as an example on how to reduce a unit's fraction.
The furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF) system is a humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements. The length unit of the system is the furlong , the mass unit is the mass of a firkin of water, and the time unit is the fortnight .
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“‘Fortnight’ is a song that exhibits a lot of the common themes that run throughout this album,” she began. “One of which being fatalism—longing, pining away, lost dream.
Units originally derived from this base include the week (seven days), and the fortnight (14 days). Subdivisions of the day include the hour (1/24 of a day), which is further subdivided into minutes and seconds. The second is the international standard unit (SI unit) for science.
The word “fortnight” – which refers to a period of two weeks – is considered British-English terminology. It comes from Old English and is an abbreviated form of “fourteen nights” .
John Hamilton Reynolds, reading about the impending publication, wrote a Wordsworth parody called Peter Bell: a Lyrical Ballad, which appeared a week before the genuine Peter Bell and stirred up enough public interest to ensure that Wordsworth's poem went into a second edition within a fortnight. [10]