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standard time
noun
: the official time of a particular region or country
Full Definition of STANDARD TIME
: the time of a region or country that is established by law or general usage as civil time; specifically : the mean solar time of a meridian that is a multiple of 15 arbitrarily applied to a local area or to one of the 24 time zones and designated as a number of hours earlier or later than Greenwich time
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First Known Use of STANDARD TIME
1879
Rhymes with STANDARD TIME
access time, aftertime, anytime, beforetime, Bettelheim, borrowed time, central time, Christmastime, common time, dinnertime, double prime, double-time, drop a dime, eastern time, elapsed time, Father Time, harvesttime, Hildesheim, in jig time, just-in-time, Kaffir lime, lemon thyme, local time, lysozyme, Mannerheim, maritime, monorhyme, mountain time, nursery rhyme, on a dime, overtime, pantomime, Pappenheim, paradigm, question time, released time, running time, soda lime, summertime, take one's time, vowel rhyme, wintertime
STANDARD TIME Defined for Kids
standard time
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Definition of STANDARD TIME for Kids
: the time established by law or by common usage over a region or country
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