mean solar time

noun Astronomy.

time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.

Also called mean time.

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mean time or mean solar time

—n
	See mean solar day the time, at a particular place, measured in terms of the passage of the mean sun; the timescale is not precisely constant

mean solar time or mean solar time

—n

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