MEAN SOLAR TIME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)

Synonyms:

mean solar time; mean time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("mean solar 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)

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