"time difference" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time differences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time difference (plural time differences)
  1. The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval. Categories (topical): Time Translations (difference of time between measurements): فَارِق اَلتَّوْقِيت (fāriq at-tawqīt) [masculine] (Arabic), 時差 /时差 (shíchā) (Chinese Mandarin), tijdsverschil [neuter] (Dutch), aikaväli (Finnish), différence de temps [feminine] (French), Zeitunterschied [masculine] (German), 時差 (jisa) (alt: じさ) (Japanese), 시차 (sicha) (alt: 時差) (Korean), różnica czasu (Polish), diferență orară [feminine] (Romanian), ра́зница во вре́мени (ráznica vo vrémeni) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-time_difference-en-noun-vHN6b3tq Disambiguation of Time: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'difference of time between measurements': 63 37
  2. The difference in clocktime between two or more different time zones. Synonyms: time change Translations (difference in clock time between two or more different time zones): Zeitverschiebung (German), időeltolódás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-time_difference-en-noun-8WOnaBOW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'difference in clock time between two or more different time zones': 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: time difference of arrival

Inflected forms

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