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true time

the time shown by a sundial; solar time. When the sun is at the highest point in its daily path, the true time is exactly noon Compare mean time

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Foredate gain Law To rate a chronometer			They pointed out to them that the firmament, with its infinitude of stars, may be considered as one vast dial-plate, upon which the moon travels, indicating the true time to all the inhabitants of the earth; that it is during this movement that the Queen of Night exhibits her different phases; that the moon is From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context Thus did he maintain the defensive, making his eye, foot, and hand keep true time, until, observing his antagonist to lose wind, he darted the staff at his face with his left hand; and, as the Miller endeavoured to parry the thrust, he slid his right hand down to his left, and with the full swing of the weapon struck his opponent on the left side of the head, who instantly measured his length upon the green sward. Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context I don't believe in it--MUCH--but Judy says she's seen it come true time and again. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			true glottis true guava true heath true horizon true jasmine true laurel true level true lobster true lover's knot true lovers' knot true mahogany true marmoset true north true pepper true pine true puffball true rhyme true rib true sago palm true sandalwood true seal true senna true slime mold true sparrow true statement true time true to true to life true toad true tulipwood true up true vampire bat true vocal cord true vocal fold true warbler true-blue true-born true-bred true-crime true-false true-false test True-hearted true-life true-lover's knot True-penny true-to-life trueborn truehearted truelove truelove knot Trueman			True silent ischemia True Single-Phase Clock True Skill Rating true slime mold True Socialism true soil true solar day true solar time True Solomon's Seal True Solomon’s Seal True Solutions, Inc. True Soulja Boyz True Sounds of Liberty true sparrow true sparrow true sparrow true statement True Stratigraphic Thickness true sun True Surface Roughness Mean true suture true sweetbread true sweetbread true sweetbread TRUE test True thrush True thrush True Til Death true time true to True to Form True to Form true to life true to life true to life true to life true to nature true to scale True to Size true to the facts True to the Faith true to type true to type true to type true to type true to type true to word true toad true toad True Tone High Dynamic Range True Total Cost of Ownership True Total Sulfur True Track or Course true tulipwood true tumor true tumor true tumor true twins true twins

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