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Definition: Standard Time |
Standard TimeNoun1. The official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | See time. (references) |
Labor | A unit of measure that specifies the time it takes an average worker to perform a given job. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | The amount of time required for a repeated operation by an experienced worker of average skill working at normal pace and with due allowance for relaxation and interruptions. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| STFS | English | Standard time and frequency signal [service] | Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: Standard TimeSynonyms: civil time (n), local time (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Standard Time |
| English words defined with "standard time": Alaska Standard Time, Atlantic Standard Time, Atlantic Time ♦ Bering Standard Time, Bering Time ♦ Central Standard Time, Central Time, CST ♦ daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time ♦ Eastern Standard Time, Eastern Time, EST ♦ Hawaii Standard Time, Hawaii Time ♦ Mountain Standard Time, Mountain Time, MST ♦ Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Time, part-timer, PST ♦ time zone, To regulate a watch ♦ Yukon Time. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "standard time": Coordinated Universal Time ♦ Local Apparent Time, Local Standard Time ♦ per capita use ♦ Solar Noon. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | The Gemini IV space capsule is lifted aboard USS Wasp (CVS-18) on 7 June 1965, after completing a 62 revolution flight around the Earth in 97 hours and 56 minutes. The spacecraft, crewed by Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White, landed about 48 miles short of its target and some 400 miles east of Cape Kennedy, Florida, at 12:12 PM Eastern Standard Time on 7 June. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gemini IV mission covered over 1,600,000 miles in the longest multimanned space flight yet flown. Caption information comes from the original NASA caption. Credit: NAVY. |
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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) | |
Trade | Turkey | Time in Turkey is Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) plus two hours, and it is seven hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. (references) |
Travel | Uruguay | Uruguay observes standard time. (references) |
Greece | Athens time is 7 hours ahead of eastern standard time. (references) | |
Romania | Romania is seven time zones ahead of U.S.-Eastern standard time. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "standard time": Alaska Standard Time ♦ Atlantic Standard Time ♦ Bering Standard Time ♦ central Standard Time ♦ eastern Standard Time ♦ Hawaii Standard Time ♦ mountain Standard Time ♦ Pacific Standard Time. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "standard time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | местно време. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | standardtid, normtid, normaltid (legal time, zone time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | standaardtijd, zonnetijd (legal time, zone time), officiële tijd, normtijd (allowed time, normal time), normaaltijd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vyöhykeaika (legal time, zone time), virallinen aika (legal time, zone time), työn vaatima tavanmukainen aika (allowed time, normal time), normaaliaika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | temps normalisé, temps normal, temps légal, temps de référence, temps de fuseau horaire, temps alloué, heure légale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Normalzeit (allowed time, legal time, normal time, zone time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επίσημη ώρα (legal time, zone time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tempo normale, tempo di lavoro standard, ora legale (summer time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 標準時 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひょうじゅ"じ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | traa meanagh, traa cadjinit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andardstay imetay tempo-padrão, tempo legal (legal time, zone time), hora legal (official hour, prescribed hour). (various references) стандартное, декретное время. (various references) tiempo tipo, tiempo normal (allowed time, normal time), tiempo de referencia (allowed time, normal time), hora legal (legal time, zone time). (various references) zontid (zone time), normtid (allowed time, normal time), normaltid (zone time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: andradites, antitrades, attainders, dramatised. | |
-3 letters: admitters, andradite, animaters, attainder, attainers, diamantes, dramatise, dramatist, mansarded, marinaded, marinades, marinated, marinates, martinets, metatarsi, reattains, sanitated, staminate, tamarinds, tarantism, tearstain, tradesman, transited. | |
-4 letters: adamsite, admitted, admitter, airdates, amaretti, amentias, amirates, animated, animater, animates, antisera, araneids, ariettas, aristate, astatine, attained, attainer, damndest, dandiest, darndest, dataries, detrains, diamante, diastema. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: administrated. | |
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