"skytime" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: sky + time Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|time}} sky + time Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} skytime (uncountable)
  1. The time when a vehicle such as an airplane is in flight. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-skytime-en-noun-bAj8NglA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40
  2. Time that an astronomer has booked for use of a major telescope. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-skytime-en-noun-dF1foMag Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40
  3. Time as measured by looking at the sky. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-skytime-en-noun-zSCGbZ~C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 17 40

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          "text": "Skytime to Lebanon or Israel is twelve minutes, add four more for Jordan.",
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          "ref": "2016, James Barclay, Heart of Granite",
          "text": "Be aware: skytime has been granted so all drakes are coming out to play. Go ahead and test the upgrade a little more but don't push yourselves.",
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          "text": "Close to midnight part of the horizon was suffused with a pearly glow, and presently, on skytime, the great moon peered above the water, then seemed to bound free, eager to pace along its arching trail, throwing a path of molten silver on an ebon sea.",
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