MEAN SUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mean sun mean? 

• MEAN SUN (noun)
  The noun MEAN SUN has 1 sense:

1. a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds

  Familiarity information: MEAN SUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEAN SUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mean sun" is a kind of...):

framework; model; theoretical account (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)