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EST

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EST
abbr.
Eastern Standard Time
est [ɛst]
n
(Psychology) a treatment intended to help people towards psychological growth, in which they spend many hours in large groups, deprived of food and water and hectored by stewards
[Erhard Seminars Training; after Werner Erhard, American businessman, who devised the system]
EST
abbreviation for
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) Eastern Standard Time
2.
abbreviation for (Psychiatry) electric-shock treatment
international car registration for
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Estonia
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Noun1.EST - standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time
civil time, local time, standard time - the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom
Translations
EST (US) abbr of Eastern Standard Time → Ostküstenzeit f
est
abbr of established → gegr.
abbr of estimated → gesch.


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