Standard time — is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. The time so set has come to be defined in terms of offsets… … Wikipedia
Standard 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
standard time — also[slow time] {n.} Clock time that is set by law or agreement in a country or in part of a country; especially, in the United States: the clock time used between fall and spring, which is an hour slower than the time used in the summer.… … Dictionary of American idioms
standard time — also[slow time] {n.} Clock time that is set by law or agreement in a country or in part of a country; especially, in the United States: the clock time used between fall and spring, which is an hour slower than the time used in the summer.… … Dictionary of American idioms
Standard time (manufacturing) — In business efficiency studies, Standard Time (an Industrial Engineering term) is the time required for a person to complete a task or operation at a defined rate of working. It includes appropriate allowances to allow the person to recover from… … Wikipedia
Standard time and frequency signal service — The Standard Time and Frequency Signal (STFS) is a service available in the United States (centered at 10.000MHz? .jg) which provides standard time and frequency signals, broadcast on very precise carrier frequencies by the U.S. Naval Observatory … Wikipedia
Standard Time Act 1945 — The Standard Time Act 1945 is the law governing time in New Zealand. * [http://rangi.knowledge basket.co.nz/gpacts/reprint/text/1974/an/039.html Full text of the 1974 Act] … Wikipedia
standard time — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
South African Standard Time — Time zones of Africa: black UTC 1: Cape Verde Time. green UTC: Western European Time · Greenwich Me … Wikipedia
Central Standard Time — Weltkarte mit Zeitzonen Eine Zeitzone ist ein Abschnitt der Erdoberfläche, auf dem zu einem gegebenen Zeitpunkt dieselbe Uhrzeit und dasselbe Datum gelten. Bei der Bildung der Zeitzonen besteht das Bestreben, einerseits den Tag am Gang der Sonne… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pacific Standard Time — Weltkarte mit Zeitzonen Eine Zeitzone ist ein Abschnitt der Erdoberfläche, auf dem zu einem gegebenen Zeitpunkt dieselbe Uhrzeit und dasselbe Datum gelten. Bei der Bildung der Zeitzonen besteht das Bestreben, einerseits den Tag am Gang der Sonne… … Deutsch Wikipedia
