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universal time

DEFINITIONS OF: universal time

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n the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere

Synonyms:
GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, UT, UT1
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UTC, coordinated universal time
Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
ERT, Earth-received time
the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
TRM, transmission time
the coordinated universal time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body
SCET, spacecraft event time
the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft
Type of:
time
the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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