STANDARD TIME


Meaning of STANDARD TIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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 and designated as a number of hours earlier or later than Greenwich time

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.