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mean time

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mean time, mean solar timenoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. mean timenoun

    A variant spelling of meantime.

  2. mean timenoun

    A mean (average) amount of time.

Wikipedia

  1. Mean Time

    Mean Time is the second studio album by English rock band The Barracudas, released in 1983 by record label Closer. The incorporation of Chris Wilson from The Flamin' Groovies gave this new formation a paramount weight in the eighties' garage rock bands' scene.

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  1. mean time

    Mean time is an average time calculated from a set of data, typically used to calculate an expected or anticipated duration for actions or events. It can also refer to the hours, minutes, or time of day in respect to the average time as determined by the apparent motion of the sun.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. mean time

    See TIME.

  2. mean time

    That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of the sun in the ecliptic, and which thence forms an equable measure of time.--To take time is for an assistant to note the time by a chronometer at each instant that the observer calls "stop," on effecting his astronomical observation for altitude of a heavenly body, or for contact with the sun and moon, or moon and star.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mean time in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mean time in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of mean time in a Sentence

  1. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

    Implementation is key, but in the mean time, events keep intervening, and there are serial disappointments, and what (International Monetary Fund Managing Director) Christine Lagarde has called 'the new mediocre' is something that we seem to be confronting.

  2. President Francois Hollande:

    In the mean time, France will intensify its operations in Syria.

  3. Kalusha Bwalya:

    At CAF level we are not aware of any African countries who have written to ask Blatter to stay on, we feel it is better to get on with our own work in the mean time and see what everyone has to say in the next months. Everybody is waiting for clarity.

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