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1Universal Time — A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping. Universal Time (UT1) is determined from observations of the stars, radio sources, and also from …
2Universal Time — noun A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping. Universal Time (UT1) is determined from observations of the stars, radio sources, and also …
3Coordinated Universal Time — A time based on the fundamental properties of an atom, the isotope of cesium 133, and not on the movement of heavenly bodies. Atomic time increases at a constant rate, unlike the GMT (Greenwich mean time). This time is corrected for the seasonal… …
4coordinated universal time — coor′dinated univer′sal time n. astron. hor (usu. caps.) standard time equivalent to Greenwich Time but corrected by atomic clocks to match the earth s rotation …
5Time standard — A time standard is any officially recognized specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes; or points in time; or both. For example, the standard for civil time specifies both time intervals and time of day. A time scale… …
6Universal default — is the term for a practice in the financial services industry for a particular lender to change the terms of a loan from the normal terms to the default terms (i.e. the terms and rates given to those who have missed payments on a loan) when that… …
7Universal Mobile Telecommunications System — (UMTS) is one of the third generation (3G) cell phone technologies, which is also being developed into a 4G technology. Currently, the most common form of UMTS uses W CDMA as the underlying air interface. It is standardized by the 3GPP, and is… …
8International Atomic Time — ( [http://www.bipm.org/en/scientific/tai/tai.html TAI] , from the French name Temps Atomique International) is a high precision atomic time standard that tracks proper time on Earth s geoid. It is the principal realisation of Terrestrial Time,… …
9Unix time — Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time, defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1 1970, not counting leap seconds. It is widely used not only on Unix like… …
10Daylight saving time — This article is about daylight saving time in general. For DST in a specific location, see Daylight saving time by country. Summer time and DST redirect here. For other uses, see Summer time (disambiguation) and DST (disambiguation) …
