terrestrial time
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A time standard proposed by Sandford Fleming in the late 19th century to replace Greenwich time and Paris time by one that is universally adopted.
name
Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial Time.
name
A modern astronomical time standard defined by the International Astronomical Union, primarily for time-measurements of astronomical observations made from the surface of the Earth.
Example Sentences
- "Whenever exact time was required for any purpose, terrestrial time, assuming it to be in general use, would be available."
- "Sanford Fleming, director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, insisted on the necessary introduction of a uniform time for the whole world: terrestrial time. Whereas Dowd's national system only encompassed North American railroads, Fleming's terrestrial time extended around the world and was called cosmopolitan time (Bartky 2007)."