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time meridian

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time meridian [′tīm mə‚rid·ē·ən]
(astronomy)
Any meridian used as a reference for reckoning time, particularly a zone or standard meridian.


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1853 - Lillie Langtry, British actress and mistress of Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales, was born in Jersey 1884 - Greenwich was adopted as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated.
1884: Greenwich was adopted as the universal time meridian of longitude from which standard times throughout the world are calculated.
 
 
 
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