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PRONUNCIATION OF GREENWICH MEAN TIME

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREENWICH MEAN TIME

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Greenwich Mean Time is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREENWICH MEAN TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Greenwich Mean Time

Greenwich Mean Time originally referred to the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, which later became adopted as a global time standard. It is for the most part the same as Coordinated Universal Time, and when this is viewed as a time zone, the name Greenwich Mean Time is especially used by bodies connected with the United Kingdom, such as the BBC World Service, the Royal Navy, the Met Office and others particularly in Arab countries, such as the Middle East Broadcasting Center and OSN. It is a term commonly used in the United Kingdom and countries of the Commonwealth, including Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Malaysia, and many other countries in the Eastern Hemisphere. Before the introduction of UTC on 1 January 1972, Greenwich Mean Time was the same as Universal Time, a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields. In the United Kingdom, GMT is the official time during winter; during summer British Summer Time is used. GMT is the same as Western European Time.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GREENWICH MEAN TIME

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Synonyms and antonyms of Greenwich Mean Time in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Greenwich Mean Time» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

格林威治时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Greenwich Mean Time
570 millions of speakers

English

Greenwich Mean Time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रीनविच मीन टाइम
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

توقيت غرينتش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Среднее время по Гринвичу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Greenwich Mean Time
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মক্কার সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Greenwich Mean Time
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Greenwich Mean Time
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Greenwich-Zeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グリニッジ標準時
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그리니치 표준시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greenwich Mean Time
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Giờ quốc tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிரீன்விச் சராசரி நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीनविच प्रमाणवेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Greenwich Saati
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Greenwich Mean Time
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Greenwich Mean Time
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Середній час за Гринвічем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Greenwich Mean Time
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ώρα Γκρίνουιτς
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Greenwich Mean Time
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Greenwich Mean Time
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Greenwich Mean Time
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Greenwich Mean Time

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREENWICH MEAN TIME»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Greenwich Mean Time

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREENWICH MEAN TIME»

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Transit tables for 1883 (-88) giving the Greenwich mean time ...
Josiah Latimer Clark. Greenwich, to add to the local time thus obtained his longitude from Greenwich stated in time (at the rate of four minutes to each degree), or if his station be East of Greenwich to subtract it (see page 8). Example  ...
Josiah Latimer Clark, 1884
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A guide book to the Local marine board examination. The ...
8d oh i$<° 18', which wa9 om 47" slow on Greenwich mean time, June 30th, and on July 1 2th, wai om Tfast on mean time at Greenwich. June 30th, chron. slow om47* June 304 July 12th, „ fast 07 30 Change in rate in 12 days 54 o July 12 ...
Thomas Liddell Ainsley, 1885
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A new and complete epitome of practical navigation
required its error on Greenwich mean time. h. m. g. Mean time at Bombay (mean noon) MOO January 15. Longitude of Bombay in time 4 51 38 E. Corresponding mean time at Greenwich 19 8 23 Mean time shewn by the chronometer 18 42 18  ...
John William Norie, 1839
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A complete set of nautical tables: containing all that are ...
Suppose (Example III.) that by an observation taken at Bombay, January 16, 1827, the Chronometer shewed at noon, 18h. 42m. 18s. required its error on Greenwich mean time. h. m. i. Mean time at Bombay . < . 24 o o January 1 5. Longitude ...
John W. Norie, 1826
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Glossary of Mapping Science
Greenwich mean time - The right ascension of the fictitious mean Sun. This definition was changed, in Britain, in 1925. (2) The Greenwich hour-angle of the vernal equinox of date, plus 12 hours. Also called, by the military, z-time and zulu time.
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994
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The Practical Navigator: Containing Instructions for Keeping ...
p. m., error fast of Greenwich mean time 6m. 48s. on the 10th July, and losing 3.4 s. daily, the index-error of the sextant 1.15' to add, and the height of the eye 20 feet. Required the longitude of the ship. Ans. The mean time at ship 3h. 39m. 13s.
William Black (teacher of navigation.), 1839
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Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac
It was replaced by two concepts: ephemeris time was introduced to satisfy the desire for a uniform measure of time, and Universal Time (originally introduced to specify Greenwich mean time measured from midnight instead of noon — see ...
P. Kenneth Seidelmann, 2006
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Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest ...
Sir William Edward Parry. TABLE V. Shewing the ERRORS of the HECLA'S CHRONOMETERS upon GREENWICH MEAN TIME at three distinct Periods of the Season of Navigation, 1825; with their Mean Daily Rates in the Intervals.
Sir William Edward Parry, 1826
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The Manual of Astrology, the Standard Work
born should be converted to Greenwich Mean Time. In Great Britain and Ireland, Greenwich Mean Time is used, generally speaking, during the autumn and winter , but Summer Time, which is one hour in advance of Greenwich Mean Time, ...
Sepharial, 2010
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The Annals of Philosophy
59 Mean Time at Greenwich. Mean Time at Busliey. Mean Time at Greenwich. Mean Time at Bushey. Mean Time at Greenwich. Mean Time at Bushey. Mean Time at Greenwich. Mean Time at Bushey. Mean Time at Greenwich. Mean Time at ...
‎1822

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREENWICH MEAN TIME»

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Watch 3rd ODI Bangladesh Vs. South Africa Live Online: Can Tigers …
That's 9 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, 5 a.m. United States Eastern Time, 2 a.m. Pacific. The victory also snapped an overall four-match losing ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Hawaii-bound Solar Impulse sets record
By 16:30 Greenwich Mean Time on Thursday, Solar Impulse 2 had traveled 84 percent of the way to the tropical U.S. state, having flown 6,921 ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
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Neil Waugh: Troutin' on the Rock
Somewhere below there's an invisible line in the Gulf of St. Lawrence where you wind your field watch ahead from Greenwich Mean Time plus ... «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»
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PICTURED: Café Rouge gets a timely makeover in Greenwich
French restaurant Café Rouge in Greenwich has unveiled its redesign, inspired by Greenwich Mean Time. The décor uses Parisian clock ... «News Shopper, Jul 15»
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Minimal Network Disruption Reported After Leap Second Adjustment
... on time-related code, with only 2,000 networks reported to have stopped working just after midnight Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on July 1. «ARC, Jul 15»
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Why Leap Seconds Confuse Computers
It counts the passing of time using one number, the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1st 1970 in Greenwich Mean Time. «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
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7 things to know about tonight's leap second
Right before the clock strikes midnight tonight Greenwich Mean Time (that's 7:59 p.m. in New York), an extra second will be added to unify our ... «PBS NewsHour, Jun 15»
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Paris time lords extend Greek deadline - by a second
... will now take effect on Tuesday at the stroke of midnight Greenwich Mean Time, also known as UTC (coordinated universal time) in French. «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Clocks to read 11:59:60 tonight as time lords add leap second
But the advent of the railways and telegraph communication brought the need for larger time zones and use Greenwich Mean Time began to be ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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It's Time to Add More Than a Second
To avoid clock drift, the world's computer clocks will gain an extra second at midnight Greenwich Mean Time, as June turns to July. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

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