A chronon is a proposed quantum of time, that is, a discrete and indivisible "unit" of time as part of a hypothesis that proposes that time is not continuous. == Early work == While time is a continuous quantity in both standard quantum mechanics and general relativity, many physicists have suggested that a discrete model of time might work, especially when considering the combination of quantum mechanics with general relativity to produce a theory of quantum gravity. The term was introduced in this sense by Robert Lévi in 1927. A quantum theory in which time is a quantum variable with a discrete...

The Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar. The same day is celebrated in India as the sun ends its southward journey and starts moving northward: Makar Sankranti. This traditional dating of the New Year is sometimes colloquially called "Orthodox" because it harks back to a time when governments in Russia and Eastern Europe used the Julian Calendar, which is still used by some jurisdictions of the Orthodox...

John Rykener, also known as Eleanor (fl. 1394), was a 14th-century transvestite prostitute arrested in December 1394 for performing a sex act with another man, John Britby, in London's Cheapside. The only known facts of his life come from interrogation made by the Lord Mayor of London, who questioned Rykener regarding two offences: prostitution and sodomy. Prostitutes were not usually arrested in London during this period, while sodomy was pursued in ecclesiastical courts as an offence against morality rather than common law. There are no surviving records or references that Rykener was prosecuted...