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Noun: mean solar time
  1. (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
    "Greenwich Mean Time is based on mean solar time";
    - mean time

Derived forms: mean solar times

Type of: time unit, unit of time

Encyclopedia: Mean solar time