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Definition: Daylight Saving |
Daylight SavingNoun1. Time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Daylight SavingSynonyms: daylight savings (n), daylight-saving time (n), daylight-savings time (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Daylight Saving |
| Specialty definitions using "daylight saving": daylight saving time ♦ TZ. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Somalia | Somalia is 8 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and does not observe daylight saving time. (references) |
Nepal | Nepal is 10 hours and 45 minutes ahead of Eastern Standard Time and does not observe Daylight Saving Time. (references) | |
Travel | Australia | Not all Australian states have daylight saving. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "daylight saving": daylight saving time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
daylight saving | 31 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "daylight saving"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | letní èas (daylight saving time, summer time). (various references) | |
German | sommerzeit (daylight saving time, summer time, summertide, summertime, summertime period). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aylightday avingsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | horário de verão. (various references) | |
Romanian | folosirea unui orar special varã. (various references) | |
Russian | летнее время (daylight saving time, daylight savings time, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, summer time, summertime, summer-time). (various references) | |
Swedish | sommartid (daylight saving time, summertime). (various references) | |
Turkish | yaz saati (daylight saving time, summer time). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-g-h-i-i-l-n-s-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: daylightings. | |
-3 letters: daylighting. | |
-4 letters: divagating, salivating, validating. | |
-5 letters: alighting, dashingly, daylights, dialysing, galivants, haggadist, lavishing, lightings, salvaging, slighting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 79 6C 69 67 68 74 53 61 76 69 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01111001 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 00100000 01010011 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a y l i g h t   S a v i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 0079 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074 0053 0061 0076 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38679178757374862536788758073 |
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