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local mean sidereal time

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
lo-cal mean side-re-al -time
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time scale indicating the immediate position of an observer relative to the stars, calculated by adding the longitude of the observer, measured east of Greenwich, to Greenwich sidereal time (GMST).

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

local mean sidereal times (plural)

Questions

What does local mean sidereal time mean?
A time scale indicating the immediate position of an observer relative to the stars, calculated by adding the longitude of the observer, measured east of Greenwich, to Greenwich sidereal time (GMST).

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