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Definition of Terrestrial time
1. Noun. (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions.
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Generic synonyms: Time Unit, Unit Of Time
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrestrial Time
Literary usage of Terrestrial time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"Our clocks and watches could also be made to indicate this " common" or "terrestrial"
time. Each could have two dial plates, the same wheel- work moving the ..."
2. Creation Centred in Christ by Henry Grattan Guinness (1896)
"... of the Primary terrestrial time Units. We are expressly told on the opening
page of Scripture that the revolutions of the sun and moon were appointed by ..."
3. Astronomical Register (1879)
"The distinction between terrestrial time and local time would always be perfect;
the former would invariably be known by letters, the latter as at present ..."
4. Light Science for Leisure Hours: A Series of Familiar Essays on Scientific by Richard Anthony Proctor (1871)
""We shall see that she has had something to say about our great terrestrial
time-piece. One of the great charms of the science of astronomy is, ..."
5. What is Life?, Or, Where are We? What are We? Whence Did We Come? And by Frederick Hovenden (1899)
"Mars, the next planet, has a day of about twenty- four and a half hours of our
terrestrial time, and its year is about 687 days. Jupiter, the next planet to ..."
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