Definition of Mountain Time

1. Noun. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States.

Exact synonyms: Mountain Standard Time, Mst
Generic synonyms: Civil Time, Local Time, Standard Time

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Time

Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore State
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Shasta
Mount Sherman
Mount Sinai
Mount St. Helens
Mount Tacoma
Mount Vernon
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Whitney
Mount Wilson
Mountain Dew
Mountain Standard Time
Mountain State
Mountain Time (current term)
Mountie
Mounties
Mountweazel
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeers
Moussorgsky
Mouton
Movember
Movement 2 June
Movement for Democratic Change
Movement for Revenge
Movement of Holy Warriors
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru
Mowry's colloidal iron stain

Literary usage of Mountain Time

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

1. Physiography for High Schools by Albert Llewellyn Arey, Frank Laverne Bryant, William Wallace Clendenin, William Thomas Morrey (1911)
"The standard time for Mexico, on the south, is 24 minutes later than Mountain time. The railroads that enter El Paso from the east, south and west bring ..."

2. Times of Sunrise and Sunset in the United Statesby Robert Wheeler Willson by Robert Wheeler Willson (1908)
"By the same method we find that at Denver the sun rises on the first of January at 8/20 and sets at 5.46 ; but as Denver keeps Mountain Time rule 3 requires ..."

3. Natural Advanced Geography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway, Russell Hinman (1898)
"In the extreme southwest, Mountain time is not used, but a change is made from Central time directly to Pacific time. What is the amount of this change Ï At ..."

4. Mine Gases and Ventilation: Textbook for Students of Mining, Mining by James Thom Beard (1920)
"Mountain time is solar time for the meridian 105 deg. west longitude and standard for all places ... Mountain time is 1 hr. earlier than Central time. ..."

5. Complete Geography by Henry Justin Roddy, Samuel MacClintock (1915)
"If a train from the west reaches Pierre, South Dakota, at 11.50, Mountain time, and, after stopping ten minutes, proceeds eastward, at what o'clock in ..."

6. Physiography for High Schools by Albert Llewellyn Arey, Frank Laverne Bryant, William Wallace Clendenin, William Thomas Morrey (1911)
"The standard time for Mexico, on the south, is 24 minutes later than Mountain time. The railroads that enter El Paso from the east, south and west bring ..."

7. Times of Sunrise and Sunset in the United Statesby Robert Wheeler Willson by Robert Wheeler Willson (1908)
"By the same method we find that at Denver the sun rises on the first of January at 8/20 and sets at 5.46 ; but as Denver keeps Mountain Time rule 3 requires ..."

8. Natural Advanced Geography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway, Russell Hinman (1898)
"In the extreme southwest, Mountain time is not used, but a change is made from Central time directly to Pacific time. What is the amount of this change Ï At ..."

9. Mine Gases and Ventilation: Textbook for Students of Mining, Mining by James Thom Beard (1920)
"Mountain time is solar time for the meridian 105 deg. west longitude and standard for all places ... Mountain time is 1 hr. earlier than Central time. ..."

10. Complete Geography by Henry Justin Roddy, Samuel MacClintock (1915)
"If a train from the west reaches Pierre, South Dakota, at 11.50, Mountain time, and, after stopping ten minutes, proceeds eastward, at what o'clock in ..."

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