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true time

noun

  1. apparent solar time; the time as shown by a sundial.


true time

noun

  1. the time shown by a sundial; solar time. When the sun is at the highest point in its daily path, the true time is exactly noon Compare mean time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Being in doubt as to the true time, I am resolved to regard to-morrow, and every seventh day in succession, as the Sabbath.

And is there any considerable difference between solar time, and true time?

My father good-naturedly offered to regulate the halting watch by the true time.

He varies a little, and there is a difference between solar time and true time.

The Aztecs of Mexico, on the contrary, had a solar year, and had made an extraordinary advance in computing the true time.

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