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Standard time — is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. The time so set has come to be defined in terms of offsets… … Wikipedia
Standard time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
standard time — UK US noun [U] ► MEASURES the time that is officially used in a country or an area of a country: »In the fall, staff get paid an hour overtime during the return to standard time. → Compare DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME(Cf. ↑daylight saving time), GMT(Cf.… … Financial and business terms
Standard Time — (Einheitszeit in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika). Bis Ende 1883 rechneten die Eisenbahnen der Vereinigten Staaten eine jede für ihr Netz nach Ortszeit. Die hieraus bei der großen Ausdehnung der einzelnen Eisenbahnnetze hervorgehenden… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time,… … Universalium
standard time — also[slow time] {n.} Clock time that is set by law or agreement in a country or in part of a country; especially, in the United States: the clock time used between fall and spring, which is an hour slower than the time used in the summer.… … Dictionary of American idioms
standard time — also[slow time] {n.} Clock time that is set by law or agreement in a country or in part of a country; especially, in the United States: the clock time used between fall and spring, which is an hour slower than the time used in the summer.… … Dictionary of American idioms
Standard time (manufacturing) — In business efficiency studies, Standard Time (an Industrial Engineering term) is the time required for a person to complete a task or operation at a defined rate of working. It includes appropriate allowances to allow the person to recover from… … Wikipedia
Standard time and frequency signal service — The Standard Time and Frequency Signal (STFS) is a service available in the United States (centered at 10.000MHz? .jg) which provides standard time and frequency signals, broadcast on very precise carrier frequencies by the U.S. Naval Observatory … Wikipedia
Standard Time Act 1945 — The Standard Time Act 1945 is the law governing time in New Zealand. * [http://rangi.knowledge basket.co.nz/gpacts/reprint/text/1974/an/039.html Full text of the 1974 Act] … Wikipedia
standard time — noun Date: 1879 the time of a region or country that is established by law or general usage as civil time; specifically the mean solar time of a meridian that is a multiple of 15 arbitrarily applied to a local area or to one of the 24 time zones… … New Collegiate Dictionary
