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I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes. I'm a compulsive writer, so it reminds me to stop writing... If I write more than that, I turn into an ogre for my kids.
Claire Cameron

Meaning of "standard time" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STANDARD TIME

standard time play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STANDARD TIME

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Standard time is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STANDARD TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

standard time

Standard time

Standard time is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. Historically, this helped in the process of weather forecasting and train travel. The concept became established in the late 19th century. The time so set has come to be defined in terms of offsets from Universal Time. Where daylight saving time is used, the term standard time typically refers to the time without the offset for daylight saving time. The adoption of Standard Time, because of the inseparable correspondence between time and longitude, solidified the concepts of halving the globe into an eastern and western hemisphere, with one Prime Meridian replacing the various Prime Meridians that were in use.

Definition of standard time in the English dictionary

The definition of standard time in the dictionary is the official local time of a region or country determined by the distance from Greenwich of a line of longitude passing through the area.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STANDARD TIME

standard cell
standard class
standard clause
standard cost
standard deviation
Standard English
standard error
standard function
standard gauge
standard generalized mark-up language
Standard Grade
standard housing benefit
standard issue
standard lamp
standard model
standard normal distribution
standard of living
standard rose
standard scratch score
standard-bearer

WORDS THAT END LIKE STANDARD TIME

ahead of time
all the time
at one time
at the same time
big time
from time to time
full time
in good time
in no time
in the fullness of time
in the nick of time
in time
local time
on time
once upon a time
opening time
real time
short time
summer time
the big time
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Synonyms and antonyms of standard time in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «standard time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STANDARD TIME

Find out the translation of standard time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of standard time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «standard time» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

标准时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiempo estándar
570 millions of speakers

English

standard time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानक समय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وقت قياسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стандартное время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tempo padrão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মান সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heure normale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masa standard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Standardzeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

標準時間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표준 시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Standar wektu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian tiêu chuẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानक वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

standart zaman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tempo standard
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

standardowy czas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стандартний час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ora de iarnă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειμερινή ώρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

standaard tyd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

standardtid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

normert tid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of standard time

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDARD TIME»

The term «standard time» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDARD TIME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «standard time» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «standard time» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about standard time

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2 QUOTES WITH «STANDARD TIME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word standard time.
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Claire Cameron
I'm very rigid about my schedule. I sit down at 8 A.M., and the Internet blocker goes on. My standard time is 120 minutes. I'm a compulsive writer, so it reminds me to stop writing... If I write more than that, I turn into an ogre for my kids.
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James Gleick
One of the ways the telegraph changed us as humans was it gave us a new sense of what time it is. It gave us an understanding of simultaneity. It gave us the ability to synchronize clocks from one place to another. It made it possible for the world to have standard time and time zones and then Daylight Savings Time and then, after that, jetlag.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANDARD TIME»

Discover the use of standard time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to standard time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980
"This volume is published for the occasion of the Getty's citywide grant initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1945-1980 and accompanies the exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture 1950- ...
Rebecca Peabody, Lucy Bradnock, 2011
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Buddha Standard Time: Awakening to the Infinite ...
Buddha Standard Time shares one of the greatrealizations of Buddhism, an insight that anyonecan learn to apply. The minutes and hoursof our days do not simply march from futureto present to past.
Surya Das, 2011
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Introduction to Work Study
George Kanawaty. Table 19. Computation of standard time Computation of standard time Outside work Inside work Relaxation allowance Unoccupied time allowance . . 0.70 basic min. . 0.56 basic min. . 0.21 min. . 0.26 min. Standard time 1 ...
George Kanawaty, 1992
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Paul Desmond standard time
This fantastic collection includes note-for-note transcriptions of alto sax solos Desmond recorded on his own, and as a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Paul Desmond, 2002
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Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and ...
Unavoidable delays are a small allowance of time that may be included in a standard time to meet legitimate and expected items of work or delays, such as due to power outages, defective materials, waiting lines, late deliveries, and other  ...
Gavriel Salvendy, 2001
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Standard Time
The Distribution op Standard Time. 17. It is proposed that standard time shall be determined and disseminated under Governmental authority ; that time signal stations be established at important centres for the purpose of disseminating correct ...
‎1883
7
Daylight Saving and Standard Time for the United States: ...
Hearings Before the Subcomittee of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 1854: a Bill to Save Daylight and to Provide Standard Time for the United States, May 3, 10, 1917 ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1917
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Wages (standard Time Rates).: Board of Trade (Labour ...
Board of Trade (Labour Department). Standard Time Rates of Wages in the United Kingdom at 1st October, 1906 ... Great Britain. Board of Trade. GAS STOKERSSTANDARD RATES of WAGES and HOURS of LABOUR per GAS WORKS ill the ...
Great Britain. Board of Trade, 1906
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Revised Universal Time Diagrams (in Colors) Standard Time ...
Philadelphia, Pa., is on the 75th meridian; that is, the Eastern standard meridian, and there is no difference between her standard time and her sun time, which is 12 noon on both dials, upper and lower. (See the Mean Sun on this meridian.) ...
Toledo Pheils Universal Time Company, 1914
10
13:55 Eastern Standard Time
Nick Alexander 64 13:55 EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
Nick Alexander, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STANDARD TIME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term standard time is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shift to Eastern Standard Time favoured by SA Government, despite …
SA, like the Northern Territory, operates in Australian Central Standard Time (ACST), half an hour behind the eastern states and 90 minutes ahead Western ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
2
A bunch of states want to get rid of daylight saving time. Is your state …
Standard time is in place from November to mid-March, after which time (see what we did there?) clocks move one hour ahead to daylight saving time, leaving ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
3
Texas bill would do away with time change
“Central standard time, or as I like to call it 'Texas time', is what we should be going by and it's really kind of interesting because so many people say they really ... «KXAN.com, Mar 15»
4
Turks and Caicos Switches Time Zones for More Sun
Employment Minister Ricardo Donhue Gardiner said Wednesday that adopting Atlantic Standard Time will provide a boost to resorts, bars and restaurants as ... «Yahoo Travel, Mar 15»
5
FYI travelers: Cancun moves to Eastern Standard Time
East coast travelers can soon visit Cancun, Mexico, with the added bonus of staying in the same time zone. Quintana Roo, a Mexican state that includes the ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»
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Arizona could join other states on daylight-saving time
Arizona participated, but individual communities decided how they would do it — Phoenix went with Mountain Standard time but several communities on the ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»
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Did you reset your clocks for Standard Time? If not, it's not too late
As of 2 a.m. Sunday, most of the country returned to Standard Time, a setting that will be in effect until the second Sunday in March -- March 8, to be precise. «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Nov 14»
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Standard Time Starts, And The Summer-Haters Celebrate
"There are people who have a very hard time dealing with the summer," says Norman Rosenthal, a psychiatrist and professor at Georgetown University. «NPR, Nov 14»
9
Getty gives $5 million to plan next PST, on Latino/Latin American art
The fruits of the planning and research that's now underway will be harvested starting in September 2017, when Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles/Latin ... «Los Angeles Times, May 14»
10
Daylight Saving Time 2014: When Does It Begin? And Why?
Daylight saving time 2014 will begin at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, when most U.S. states will spring forward an hour. Time will fall back to standard time again ... «National Geographic, Mar 14»

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