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Central Time

Central Time proper noun: the time zone in central North America corresponding to UTC minus six hours during standard time, and UTC minus five hours during daylight saving time.

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Proper noun

Central Time

  1. The time zone in central North America corresponding to UTC minus six hours during standard time, and UTC minus five hours during daylight saving time.
  2. The time zone in central Europe corresponding to UTC plus one hour.
  3. The time zone in central Australia corresponding to UTC plus 9:30 hours.

Synonyms of Central Time

Origin of Central Time

From Central + Time.

Questions about Central Time

What does Central Time mean?
Central Time means the time zone in central North America corresponding to UTC minus six hours during standard time, and UTC minus five hours during daylight saving time.
What part of speech is Central Time?
Central Time is a proper noun.

Words near Central Time in the dictionary

  1. central sulcus
  2. Central Tablelands
  3. central tendencies
  4. central tendency
  5. Central Tilba
  6. Central Time
  7. Central Time Zone
  8. central vacuum
  9. central vacuums
  10. Central Valley
  11. Central Viet-Nam

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