Mean time Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
mean solar time.
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- time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sidereal time, or that measured by the stars.
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