English Explanatory Dictionary

equation of time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.

Word forms

equation of time equations of time
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