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greenwich time signal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
green-wich -time sig-nal
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time signal transmitted on radio by the BBC every hour and consisting of five short beeps followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

Greenwich Time Signals (plural)

Synonyms

pips

Questions

What does greenwich time signal mean?
A time signal transmitted on radio by the BBC every hour and consisting of five short beeps followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour.

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