terrestrial time

terrestrial time
noun
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology
Hypernyms: ↑time unit, ↑unit of time

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