If I were to have a text box for someone to enter an integer and dropdown list from which my user would select day(s), hour(s), minute(s) or second(s), is there a single word that would describe what is selected in the dropdown list. The best I can think of is "time unit", but was hoping for a single word to describe an arbitrary unit of time.
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"Time unit" is correct here. "Duration" and similar terms refer to a slice of time (like two hours) not merely to the unit itself.
Of course you may be able to simply leave the box unmarked -- if someone sees "days" in a dropdown they'll know what it's there for.