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mean solar time

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Noun1.mean solar time - (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)mean solar time - (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
mean time
astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods
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mean solar time, the types of time involved in navigation (ephemeral, sidereal, Greenwich Mean and Universal, etc) and the usage of the Nautical Almanac tables for arc-to-time conversions.
Dutton's Nautical Navigation by Armada International
 
 
 
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