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Definition of Clock time
1. Noun. A reading of a point in time as given by a clock. "The time is 10 o'clock"
Generic synonyms: Indication, Meter Reading, Reading
Specialized synonyms: Sclk, Spacecraft Clock Time, Prime Time, Hour, Time Of Day
Attributes: Antemeridian, Postmeridian
Derivative terms: Time
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock Time
Literary usage of Clock time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Clock-time is called mean time, that marked by the sundial is called ... time will
at once enable us to obtain the corresponding clock time, or vice vería. ..."
2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1906)
"The dates of the intersection of this curve with the line AB, are the dates when
the sun time and clock time coincide. These dates are about April 14, ..."
3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1855)
"clock time. Clock Error +. True Sidereal Time. hms ma hms At Fredericton 6 49 oo
2 25-88 6 46 34-12 Cambridge 6 29 13-3 o 36-48 6 28 36-82 Hence the ..."
4. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"When it is noon at Greenwich, what is the clock-time at Calcutta, longitude 88°
19' 2" E. ? ... Standard time is the clock-time of some selected meridian. ..."
5. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"When it is noon at Greenwich, what is the clock-time at Calcutta, longitude 88°
19' 2" E. ? ... Standard time is the clock-time of some selected meridian. ..."
6. Astronomy for High Schools and Colleges by Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden (1881)
"If by observation we have found we hare A T« = the clock correction at a clock-time
T,, AT = the clock correction at a clock-time 71, iT = the clock rate in ..."
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