单词 | civil time |
释义 | civil time (once / 256942 pages) n WORD FAMILY civil time: civil times USAGE EXAMPLESBush to Bill Clinton has resurfaced as an example of a more civil time. Time(Oct 20, 2016) Many telescopes were designed in an era when systems that provide civil time were based on the rotation of the Earth. BusinessWeek(Dec 22, 2011) Ordinary civil time thus depends on the apparent revolution of the sun round the earth. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) n the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom Syn|Hypo|Hyper local time, standard time Atlantic Standard Time, Atlantic Time standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces EST, Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Timestandard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States CST, Central Standard Time, Central Timestandard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States MST, Mountain Standard Time, Mountain Timestandard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States PST, Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Timestandard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States Alaska Standard Time, Yukon Timestandard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska Hawaii Standard Time, Hawaii Timestandard time in the 10th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 150th meridian west; used in Hawaii and the western Aleutian Islands Bering Standard Time, Bering Timestandard time in the 11th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 165th meridian west; used in the Midway Islands time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
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