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clock time

Definitions of clock time
  1. noun
    a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
    synonyms: time
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    SCLK, spacecraft clock time
    the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft
    prime time
    the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available
    hour, time of day
    clock time
    high noon, midday, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon
    the middle of the day
    mealtime
    the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten
    late-night hour
    the latter part of night
    midnight
    12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
    small hours
    the hours just after midnight
    bedtime
    the time you go to bed
    closing time
    the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
    aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup
    the first light of day
    early-morning hour
    an hour early in the morning
    sundown, sunset
    the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
    crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
    the time of day immediately following sunset
    none
    a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
    happy hour
    the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price
    rush hour
    the times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work
    zero hour
    the time set for the start of an action or operation
    canonical hour
    (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer
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    indication, meter reading, reading
    a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
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