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Noun: mean sun
  1. A theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds
    "The mean sun is used in calculating mean solar time"

Derived forms: mean suns

Type of: framework, model, theoretical account

Encyclopedia: Mean sun