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zonetime

zonetime noun: the time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.

Noun

zonetime (countable and uncountable, plural zonetimes)

  1. (rare) The time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.
    • For all our weather and radio reports, we use UTC or Greenwich, and for everything else we use zonetime. This is quite easy to find by taking your longitude and dividing it by fifteen. Subtract this number from UTC time and you have zonetime.2011, Lawrence Rick, Life is a Cruise: The Log of Done Dreamin', page 83

Forms of zonetime

pluralzonetimes

Origin of zonetime

From zone + time.

Questions about zonetime

What does zonetime mean?
Zonetime means the time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.
What part of speech is zonetime?
Zonetime is a noun.
What is the plural of zonetime?
The plural of zonetime is zonetimes.

Words near zonetime in the dictionary

  1. zones of polarizing activity
  2. zones of rarity
  3. zones off
  4. zones out
  5. zonesthesia
  6. zonetime
  7. zonetimes
  8. Zong
  9. zongdu
  10. zongdus
  11. zongertinib

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