"solar time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: solar times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} solar time (countable and uncountable, plural solar times)
  1. (astronomy) A calculation of the passage of time based on the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. Wikipedia link: solar time Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: local solar time, mean time Related terms: civil time, Greenwich Mean Time Translations (local time based on a solar day): আফতাবী ওক্ত (aftabī okto) (Bengali), keskiaurinkoaika (Finnish), ηλιακός χρόνος (iliakós chrónos) [masculine] (Greek)

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