apparent solar time
101equation of time — the difference between mean solar time and apparent time usually expressed as a correction which is to be added to apparent time to give local mean solar time and which never exceeds +16 minutes …
102Nautical time — The establishment of nautical standard times, nautical standard time zones and the nautical date line were recommended by the Anglo French Conference on Time keeping at Sea in 1917. The Conference recommended that the standard apply to all ships …
103slow time — Synonyms and related words: Alaska time, Atlantic time, Central time, Eastern time, GMT, Greenwich mean time, Greenwich time, Mountain time, Yukon time, apparent time, civil time, daylight saving time, double march, double time, double quick,… …
104Indian Standard Time — (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of . India does not observe daylight saving time, (DST) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the… …
105Railway time — was the name given to the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840. This was the first recorded occasion when a number of different local times were synchronised and a single standard… …
106Absolute time and space — See also: Absolute rotation, Bucket argument, Rotating spheres, and Inertial frame of reference Originally introduced by Sir Isaac Newton in the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the concepts of absolute time and space provided a… …
107equation of time — the difference between mean solar time (as shown by clocks) and apparent time (indicated by sundials), which varies with the time of year. → equate to/with …
108equation of time — equa′tion of time′ n. astron. apparent time minus mean solar time, ranging from minus 14 minutes in February to over 16 minutes in November …
109equation of time — Astron. apparent time minus mean solar time, ranging from minus 14 minutes in February to over 16 minutes in November. [1720 30] * * * …
110Discovery and exploration of the Solar System — The Sun and planets of the Solar System. (Pluto is now classed as a dwarf planet, and is not shown). The relative sizes of objects are drawn to scale; the distances between them are not. For many thousands of years,[clarification needed] …
