[uht, oot] 
| the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do. |
| 1. | Also, u.t. universal time. |
| 2. | Utah (approved esp. for use with zip code). |
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(often initial capital letters ) Greenwich Time. Abbreviation: UT |
[yoo-taw, -tah] | 1. | a state in the W United States. 1,461,037; 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City. Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut. |
| 2. | Military. the World War II Allies' code name for the easternmost of the D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by American troops. |
[yoo-tawn, tahn] , adjective, noun | universal time n. Abbr. UT The mean solar time for the meridian at Greenwich, England, used as a basis for calculating time throughout most of the world. Also called Greenwich time, Greenwich Mean Time, Zulu time. |
| ut (ŭt, ōōt) n. Music A syllable representing the tone C, otherwise represented by do, in the French system of solmization. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.] |
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| U·tah (yōō'tô', -tä') A state of the western United States. It was admitted as the 45th state in 1896. First explored by the Spanish in 1540, the region was settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young. Salt Lake City is the capital and the largest city. Population: 2,650,000. U'tah·an, U'tahn adj. & n. |
State in the western United States bordered by Idaho and Wyoming to the north, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. Its capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.
Note: The Great Salt Lake is located in the northwestern part of the state.
Note: Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, founded the state and to a large extent still dominate it.
The measure of time obtained from the rotation of the Earth, also known as Greenwich mean time, after the Greenwich Observatory in England. The world's time standard today is Coordinated Universal Time, which is kept by atomic clocks. The two universal times are kept in synchronization by the occasional insertion of leap seconds into the year.
| universal time
The mean time for the meridian at Greenwich, England (0° longitude), which runs through the former site of the Royal Observatory. It is based on the sidereal period of Earth's rotation and is used as a basis for calculating standard clock time throughout most of the world. Also called Greenwich Mean Time. Compare coordinated universal time. |
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