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Definitions for TIME ZONE

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

time′ zone`

  1. one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England.

    Category: Horology

Origin of time zone:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. time zone(noun)

    any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. time zone(noun)ˈtaɪmˌteɪ bəl

    one of the areas the world is divided into according to time

    two cities that are in different time zones

Wiktionary

  1. time zone(Noun)

    A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.

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