Daylight Savings

  

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Daylight Savings

Definition: Daylight Savings

Daylight Savings

Noun

1. 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 Savings

Synonyms: daylight saving (n), daylight-saving time (n), daylight-savings time (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Daylight Savings

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Would that be Daylight Savings or Standard? (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

Lyrics

To make me rise an hour early just like Daylight Savings Time ("The Bad Touch"; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang)

Clever

Life lesson: You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Daylight Savings (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Daylight Savings

Computer Images:
Daylight Savings

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Non-Fiction Usage: Daylight Savings

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Turkey

Daylight Savings Time is April through October. (references)

Travel

Brazil

Brazil observes daylight savings from December to February. (references)

Venezuela

U.S. companies should note that Venezuela does not have daylight savings time. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Daylight Savings

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

daylight savings time

457

daylight savings time history

4

2003 daylight savings

3

2004 daylight savings

3

daylight savings time change

3

california daylight savings

2

daylight savings time and when

2

daylight savings state time

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Daylight Savings

Language Translations for "daylight savings"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

夏時" (daylight savings time, summer time), サボタージ" (checksum, daylight savings time, saboteur, samarium, Samuel, somersault turn, sum, summarize, summary, summer, summer house, summer resort, summer school, summer stock, summer wear, summer wool, summit, support, supporter, underground publishing). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

なつじか" (daylight savings time, summer time), サマータイ (daylight savings time). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aylightday avingssay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

летнее время (daylight saving time, daylight savings time, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time, summer time, summertime, summer-time). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Daylight Savings

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-g-h-i-i-l-n-s-s-t-v-y"

-3 letters: daylightings.

-4 letters: daylighting.

-5 letters: divagating, glissading, haggadists, salivating, validating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Daylight Savings


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 61 79 6C 69 67 68 74      53 61 76 69 6E 67 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100001 01111001 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 00100000 01010011 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#97 &#121 &#108 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116 &#32 &#83 &#97 &#118 &#105 &#110 &#103 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0061 0079 006C 0069 0067 0068 0074      0053 0061 0076 0069 006E 0067 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3867917875737486253678875807385

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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