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Definition of Sidereal time
1. Noun. Measured by the diurnal motion of stars.
Specialized synonyms: Day, Sidereal Day, Sidereal Year, Sidereal Hour, Sidereal Month
Definition of Sidereal time
1. Noun. (astronomy) Time measured by the apparent diurnal motion of the vernal equinox; approximated by that based on the rotation of the Earth relative to the stars ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sidereal Time
Literary usage of Sidereal time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"—To reduce 9h 23™ 518.o interval of sidereal time to the equivalent interval of
... To reduce 7h 10™ to sidereal time we find, similarly, from Table III, ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"sidereal time. — The sidereal time at a given meridian at any instant is the ...
The sidereal time as found from observation on a star is 5 = R + I [18] ..."
3. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1871)
"In Longitude 105° "W., the Greenwich mean time being 1856 May 17, 3*, the local
sidereal time 19* 41'" 57'.89, what is the local mean time ? ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1861)
"2557, fast of sidereal time for this station (at '-I'-lh. 34/«. of Aug. ... 18m.
sidereal time,) 36m. 34.04s. Rate per sidereal day, + 3s. ..."
5. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1900)
"1856 May 16, the sidereal time is 19* 41m 57'.89 ; what is the mean local time?
0 = 19* 41" 57'.89 May 16, F0 = 3 37 31.76 0 _ F() = 16 4 26 .13 Table, ..."
6. An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: With a Collection of Astronomical Tables by Elias Loomis (1892)
"sidereal time at the preceding Philadelphia mean noon Ih. 48m. 64.58s. Add the
mean time, reduced to its sidereal equivalent 7h. 57m. 9.82s. ..."
7. An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: With a Collection of Astronomical Tables by Elias Loomis (1855)
"The sum is the sidereal time required . . 9h. 46m. 4.40s. PROBLEM. (160.)
To convert sidereal time into mean solar time. If from the proposed sidereal time ..."
8. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"I5m. sidereal time, after its emergence a very faint point was seen half a ...
3om. sidereal time, and its distance from the limb at that time would be ..."
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