standard time

stand·ard time

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noun standard time the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour. 1
uncountable noun standard time Standard time is the official local time of a region or country. 0
noun standard time the official local time of a region or country determined by the distance from Greenwich of a line of longitude passing through the area 0
noun standard time the time in any of the 24 time zones, each an hour apart, into which the earth is divided: it is based on distance east or west of Greenwich, England; the 8 zones of North America (Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii-Aleutian, and Samoa) use the mean solar times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians, respectively 0
noun standard time the official time, whether mean solar time or daylight saving time, in any given region 0

before 1880

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An Americanism dating back to 1880-85

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