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Definition of Greenwich mean time

1. Noun. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere.

Definition of Greenwich mean time

1. Proper noun. Mean solar time at the Greenwich Meridian. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenwich Mean Time

Literary usage of Greenwich mean time

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

1. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"Take from the Nautical Almanac the Eight Ascension of the Mean Sun at Greenwich mean noon, and correct it for the greenwich mean time by Table 9 or by the ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"NICARAGUA 5 45 10 S. greenwich mean time for railways, telegraphs, and post. ... Some places use greenwich mean time or their own local time. ..."

3. Astronomy by Simon Newcomb, Edward Singleton Holden (1883)
"At Washington mean noon, on the 12th, the greenwich mean time was 5b. 13. ... 1, the greenwich mean time of Greenwich mean noon is Oh Om 0". ..."

4. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1849)
"Foj example, at 12h Om 0' greenwich mean time, or Od-500000, the equinoctial time will ... year current corresponding to March 22,12h greenwich mean time. ..."

5. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"In advance of greenwich mean time) was in force. Summer Time was extended In each year from 1048 to 195* and again in 1061-1963, by Order in Council. ..."

6. Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States by United States Bureau of Land Management (1919)
"The greenwich mean time of upper culmination of Polaris is tabulated in the Ephemeris for every day in the year, arranged for the ordinary civil date, ..."

7. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1872)
"Approximate greenwich mean time, 10 h. 39m. 21-6 s. for which we find from the ' Naut. Aim.' 8 = + 3° 47' 47-6" S = 15 16-4 n- = 56 3-1 .and from the tables ..."

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