MEAN SOLAR TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mean solar time mean? 

• MEAN SOLAR TIME (noun)
  The noun MEAN SOLAR 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 SOLAR TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEAN SOLAR TIME (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mean solar time; mean time

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)