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Definition: Daylight Savings |
Daylight SavingsNoun1. 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 SavingsSynonyms: daylight saving (n), daylight-saving time (n), daylight-savings time (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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 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. | |
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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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)
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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 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a y l i g h t   S a v i n g s |
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 |
| 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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