greenwich civil time
1greenwich civil time — noun see greenwich time * * * Green|wich Time, Greenwich Civil Time, or Greenwich Mean Time «GREHN ihj, GRIHN ; ihch», the standard time used in Great Britain and formerly the basis for setting standard time elsewhere. It is determined by setting …
2Greenwich Civil Time — time at Greenwich (London) used as the basis for calculating standard times around the world …
3Greenwich Mean Time — (kurz GMT) [ˌgrenɪtʃ ˈmiːn taim; ɪdʒ], zu Deutsch: mittlere Greenwich Zeit, ist die mittlere Sonnenzeit am Nullmeridian. Die Greenwich Mean Time war von 1884 bis 1928 Weltzeit, in dieser Funktion ist sie heute von der Koordinierten Weltzeit UTC… …
4Greenwich Mean Time — (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, although strictly UTC is an atomic time… …
5Civil time — In modern usage, civil time refers to statutory time scales designated by civilian authorities, or to local time indicated by clocks. Modern civil time is generally standard time in a time zone at a fixed offset from Coordinated Universal Time… …
6Greenwich Mean Time — Temps moyen de Greenwich « GMT » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir GMT (homonymie) …
7Greenwich mean time — Temps moyen de Greenwich « GMT » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir GMT (homonymie) …
8Greenwich Mean Time — ➡ GMT. * * * the name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England. The meridian at this longitude is called the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian. Greenwich Mean Time was used for clearly …
9Civil 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… …
10Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) — Former name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, or Greenwich meridian. GMT was used to avoid potentially confusing references to local time systems (zones). In accord with tradition,… …
