Definition of Mean time

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

Exact synonyms: Mean Solar Time
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Generic synonyms: Time Unit, Unit Of Time

Definition of Mean time

1. Noun. A variant spelling of '''meantime'''. ¹

2. Noun. A mean (average) amount of time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mean Time

mean free path
mean high water
mean higher high water
mean low water
mean lower low water
mean manifest vector
mean proportional
mean proportionals
mean sea level
mean solar day
mean solar time
mean spirited
mean sun
mean temperature
mean the world to
mean time (current term)
mean value
mean value theorem
mean vector
meander
meandered
meanderer
meanderers
meandering
meandering(a)
meanderingly
meanderings
meanders
meanderthal
meanderthals

Literary usage of Mean time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Thus mean time is denned with reference to a natural ... The reason is, that mean time is measured, not by the sun's mean motion in longitude, ..."

2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... in the mean time, I return to bur particular affairs. Being now to part with the fhip, ... mean time ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"Local mean time. See JAVA. Madras mean time used from May 1,1898. ... The foreigners at ports on the coast use their own local mean time. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"Whether the heir would be considered as a trustee in the mean time before sale is another ... should not be repaid, and proceedings stayed in the mean time. ..."

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