MEAN TIME
Dictionary entry overview: What does mean time mean? • MEAN TIME (noun)
The noun MEAN TIME has 1 sense:
1. (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
Familiarity information: MEAN TIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MEAN TIME (noun)
Meaning:
(astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
mean solar time; mean time
Hypernyms ("mean time" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?" (English proverb)
"Slowly-slowly, even a file can turn a beam into a needle." (Albanian proverb)
"No one knows a son better than the father." (Chinese proverb)
"A fortune-teller would never be unhappy." (Corsican proverb)
Page delivered in 0.023 seconds
|
