"mean time" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} mean time
  1. Alternative form of meantime Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: meantime
    Sense id: en-mean_time-en-noun-u6AtlOSi
  2. A mean (average) amount of time.
    Sense id: en-mean_time-en-noun-SvJ0lNKd
  3. Synonym of solar time Synonyms: solar time [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mean_time-en-noun-UGlGWy6w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 1 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Dublin Mean Time, Greenwich Mean Time, local mean time, New Zealand Mean Time, Port Blair mean time, Washington mean time
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