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terrestrial time

DEFINITIONS OF: terrestrial time

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n (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions

Synonyms:
TDT, TT, ephemeris time, terrestrial dynamical time
Type of:
time unit, unit of time
a unit for measuring time periods
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