zulu time
zulu time is the alternative letter-case form of Zulu time.
Noun (1) capitalized: ZULU time
ZULU time (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Zulu time.
Noun (2) capitalized: Zulu time
Zulu time (uncountable)
- Coordinated Universal Time.
- Aviation has long used Zulu time as the standard so that no matter which time zone you're in, you know what time it is.2008, Carol Pollard, Reynaldo Anzaldua, Computer Forensics For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 208
- What everyone knows is that between zero three fifteen and twelve seconds and thirteen seconds Zulu time, on October second, ’sixty-two, all the clocks stopped, the satellites went away, the star map changed, nineteen airliners and forty-six ships in transit ended up in terminal trouble, and they...2009, Charles Stross, Wireless, Penguin, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Z time
Synonyms of zulu time
Forms of zulu time
| alternative form | ZULU time |
|---|---|
| alternative form | zulu time |
Origin of zulu time
From the name for the letter Z in the ICAO spelling alphabet, a reference to the equivalent nautical time zone (GMT), which has been denoted by a Z since about 1950. See the list of military time zones.
Questions about zulu time
- What does zulu time mean?
- Zulu time means coordinated Universal Time.
- What is zulu time the alternative letter-case form of?
- Zulu time is the alternative letter-case form of Zulu time.
- What part of speech is zulu time?
- Zulu time is a noun.
Words near zulu time in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zulu time (page history and authors); ZULU time (page history and authors); Zulu time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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