mean time

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsmean solar time

   Broadertime unit

   astronomy

Questions about mean time

What does mean time mean?

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

What is another word for mean time?

Close synonyms include mean solar time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mean time a common word?

mean time is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.