mean time

noun

1. the time, at a particular place, measured in terms of the passage of the mean sun; the timescale is not precisely constant See mean solar day

mean time

1. Solar time as measured by the mean sun, resulting in equal 24-hour days throughout the year. If days were measured by the actual movement of the Sun, they would vary slightly in length at different times of the year due to differences in Earth's orbital speed and other factors. Mean time is the basis for standard clock time throughout most of the world.
2. See more at solar time

Example Sentences

"I think they will be very much hoping that a huge big press launch comes in the next few weeks, a good line-up, that everybody can move on, and that no more bad stories come out in the mean time," Frost added.

From BBC

In his closing arguments, former President Donald Trump's lead attorney warned the jury that a conviction could mean time behind bars.

From Salon

In some cases, labor can mean time shaved off a sentence.

From Seattle Times

The researchers demonstrated the efficacy of the material in 70 patients who underwent cardiovascular catheterization procedures while on the anticoagulant heparin, with bleeding observed to stop after a mean time of about five minutes for patients on low-dose heparin and in under about nine minutes in patients on heparin doses of up to 12,500 IU.

From Science Daily

UTC — Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, seven hours before it was planned to go out at 10:19 a.m.

From Seattle Times