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mean time

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(astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)

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A 12 angular degree portion, called uma by the Babylonians and tithi by the Indians, lasts a mean time of 23 hours 37 minutes, but can vary from 21 to 26 hours because of the anomaly of the Moon. Source: Internet

A spring-driven chronometer is set approximately to Greenwich mean time (GMT) and is not reset until the instrument is overhauled and cleaned, usually at three-year intervals. Source: Internet

As of 2002, fluid bearings appear to have a mean time between failures of more than 1300 years. Source: Internet

Here, the online tutoring is playing a key role to cater the loss of education in this mean time. Source: Internet

Events of 1560–63 In the mean time, things took such shape in France that the happiest future for Protestantism seemed possible. Source: Internet

A solar day is approximately 24 hours of mean time. Source: Internet

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