Science. With preceding distinguishing word. A particular system of measuring or reckoning the length of the day and hence the passage of time.
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| 释义 | the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day (30) time1646 Science. With preceding distinguishing word. A particular system of measuring or reckoning the length of the day and hence the passage of time. apparent time1694 see quot. 1940. local timea1703 (originally) time at a particular place reckoned from the instant of transit of the mean sun over the meridian at that place (which defines noon)… Greenwich Mean Time1782 mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, internationally recognized as a standard time; abbreviated GMT. sun time1837 Time determined with reference to the position of the sun, solar time; esp. time as calculated by the apparent motion of the sun (i.e. as shown on… GMT1840 = Greenwich Mean Time n. at Greenwich, n. 1c. railway time1847 A standard time adopted throughout a railway system to supersede local time for the purposes of railway operations. railroad time1849 = railway time, n. Greenwich time1861 time by the sun at the Greenwich meridian; spec. = Greenwich Mean Time n. at sense 1c. Eastern time1878 (a) North American = Eastern Standard Time n. (a); (b) Australian = Eastern Standard Time n. (b); also more fully Australian Eastern Time… Pacific time1880 = Pacific Standard Time n. Universal Time1882 An internationally accepted standard time corresponding to mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, calculated from midnight as zero; spec. (more… Eastern Standard Time1883 (a) North American the standard time in a zone including Ontario, Quebec, and the east coast region of the United States, based on the mean solar… Mountain time1883 the time based on the mean solar time of the 105th meridian, esp. = Mountain Standard Time n.; (also) the zone of Mountain Standard Time. British Standard Time1908 (a) = Greenwich Mean Time n. at Greenwich, n. 1c (now disused); (b) the standard time used experimentally in the United Kingdom from 18 February… daylight saving1908 A method of securing longer evening daylight during the summer by setting the clocks ahead of standard time, typically by one hour; the period… zone time1908 mean solar time at the standard meridian on which the local time zone is based, taken as the standard time throughout the zone (cf. Zulu time at Zulu… LMT1909 local mean time. British Summer Time1916 the daylight saving time used in the United Kingdom, one hour in advance of GMT (UTC), and in force in the summer months of most years since it was… summertime1916 Chiefly as two words, and frequently with capital initials, as Summer Time. The standard time (one hour in advance of ordinary time) adopted in… U.T.1929 Universal Time. B.S.T.1930 British Summer Time; (from 1968) British Standard Time. EST1935 = Eastern Standard Time n. at eastern, adj. n.compounds 1 (in both senses). British Double Summer Time1941 the daylight saving time used in the United Kingdom under emergency regulations, two hours ahead of GMT (UTC), and in force in the summer months… war time1942 U.S. History. Daylight-saving time introduced during World War II (see quots.). B.D.S.T.1943 British Double Summer Time. ephemeris time1950 ephemeris time n. a uniform time scale used in astronomy, defined in terms of the orbital motions of the moon and planets and taking as the… Subcategories:— time-zone (1) — time-difference (2) |
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