Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

equation of time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: equa-tion of -time
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.

Example Sentences

"Crafted in 18-karat white gold, this Jules Audemars Equation of Time offers hours and minutes, as well as date, days, months, leap years and moonphases. The watch also offers sunrise and sunset times, and equation of time."

Inflected Forms

equations of time (plural)

Questions

What does equation of time mean?: The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.

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