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111Time standard — A time standard is any officially recognized specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes; or points in time; or both. For example, the standard for civil time specifies both time intervals and time of day. A time scale… …
112mean sun — noun a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds • Hypernyms: ↑model, ↑theoretical account, ↑framework * * * noun… …
113mean — 1. v.tr. (past and past part. meant) 1 a (often foll. by to + infin.) have as one s purpose or intention; have in mind (they really mean mischief; I didn t mean to break it). b (foll. by by) have as a motive in explanation (what do you mean by… …
114Time in the United Kingdom — The United Kingdom uses Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) and British Summer Time (UTC+1).The UK used Local Mean Time until railway timetabling gradually established the two standards of Greenwich Mean Time and Dublin Mean Time (). These were legally… …
115Mean down time — In organizational management, mean down time (MDT) is the average time that a system is non operational. This includes all time associated with repair, corrective and preventive maintenance, self imposed downtime, and any logistics or… …
116mean — mean1 /meen/, v., meant, meaning. v.t. 1. to have in mind as one s purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. 2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. 3. to intend to… …
117time zone — Synonyms and related words: Alaska time, Atlantic time, Central time, Eastern time, GMT, Greenwich mean time, Greenwich time, Mountain time, Yukon time, apparent time, civil time, daylight saving time, fast time, local time, mean solar time, mean …
118time unit — noun a unit for measuring time periods • Syn: ↑unit of time • Hypernyms: ↑measure, ↑quantity, ↑amount • Hyponyms: ↑day, ↑twenty four hours, ↑ …
119Mean value analysis — In queueing theory, a specialty within the mathematical theory of probability, mean value analysis is a technique for computing expected queue lengths in equilibrium for a closed separable system of queues. It was developed by Reiser and… …
120Time dilation — This article is about a concept in physics. For the concept in sociology, see time displacement. In the theory of relativity, time dilation is an observed difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by observers either moving… …
