"time standard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: time standards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time standard (plural time standards)
  1. An agreed method of measuring time; a specification or standard of either the rate at which time passes, or of points in time, or of both. Derived forms: primary time standard Translations (agreed method of measuring time): aikajärjestelmä (Finnish), დროის სტანდარტი (drois sṭandarṭi) (Georgian), Zeitskala [feminine] (German), standard czasu [inanimate, masculine] (Polish)

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