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  • 31Local mean time — is a form of solar time that corrects the variations of local apparent time, forming a uniform time scale at a specific longitude. Its uniformity depends only on the accuracy of the clocks used to measure it.Local mean time was used from the… …

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  • 32Biel Mean Time — Heure Internet Pour les articles homonymes, voir SIT. La dernière fois que vous avez rafraîchi la page il était 04:55 UTC, soit : .be …

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  • 33Greenwich Mean Time — ➡ GMT. * * *       the name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England. The meridian at this longitude is called the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian.       Greenwich Mean Time was used for clearly …

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  • 34The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …

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  • 35Paris Mean Time —    Greenwich Mean Time adapted to French chauvinism    It was an insult to French pride that the meridian was judged to have been centred on an observatory in England:     Even then [in 1911], they [the French] hesitated to refer directly to… …

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  • 36Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) — Former name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, or Greenwich meridian. GMT was used to avoid potentially confusing references to local time systems (zones). In accord with tradition,… …

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  • 37Greenwich mean time — noun Usage: often capitalized M&T Etymology: Greenwich, England Date: 1863 the mean solar time of the meridian of Greenwich used historically as the prime basis of standard time throughout the world called also Greenwich time compare Coordinated… …

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  • 38Greenwich (mean) time — or Greenwich time n. mean solar time of the meridian (0° longitude) at Greenwich, England: see also COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME, UNIVERSAL TIME * * * …

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  • 39The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases — The Tertiary Phase , Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything , So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions… …

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  • 40Greenwich Mean Time — [ grɛnɪtʃ, grɪnɪdʒ] noun the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles. Origin Greenwich in London, former site of the Royal Observatory …

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