Atlantic time


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Atlantic time

[ət′lan·tik ′tīm]
(astronomy)
A time zone; the fourth zone west of Greenwich. Also known as Atlantic standard time.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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