GREENWICH MEAN TIME


Meaning of GREENWICH MEAN TIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgri-nij-, ˈgre-, -nich- ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized M&T

Etymology: Greenwich, England

Date: 1863

: the mean solar time of the meridian of Greenwich used historically as the prime basis of standard time throughout the world — called also Greenwich time — compare Coordinated Universal Time

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