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Mean Solar Time

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Noun

1. mean solar time, mean time

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

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Mean Solar Time

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time based on the mean sun: used as the basis for standard time because it has exactly equal divisions
: also mean time

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Mean Solar Time

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n.
Time measured with reference to the mean sun so that each day of the year is exactly 24 hours long. Mean solar time differs from solar time since the earth's orbital speed, and therefore the length of the solar day, changes with the seasons.

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