Units of measurement

This page details various nonstandard units of measurement used throughout Dragon Ball.

Time Units

• Tik or Tick (チック tikku). Probably derived from the English word "tick" (チク or チック) as it is used in the expression "tick-tock". Used by the Great Priest. One tik is roughly equal to 8 hours in Earth time (since 5 tiks are roughly equivalent to 40 hours).
• Tak or Tack (タック takku). Probably derived from the English word "tock" (タク or タック) as it is used in the expression "tick-tock". Used by the Great Priest. According to Whis, one tak is equivalent to about 29 seconds (since 100 taks are roughly equivalent to 48 minutes).
• Ment (メント mento). Probably derived from the English word "moment" (モーメント or モメント). Used by Merusu to describe the period of time between when Moro made his wish to free the inmates at the Galactic Prison and the time when that news reached them in their spaceship near New Planet Namek. No Earth comparison is given, but one ment is probably somewhere in the vicinity of an hour.