mean solar time

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Apparent solar time is based on the position of the Sun in the sky, and mean solar time is based on the average value of a solar day during the year.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

If mean solar time were strictly observed, people traveling east or west would have to reset their watches continually as the longitude changed, just to read the local mean time correctly.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Although mean solar time has the advantage of progressing at a uniform rate, it is still inconvenient for practical use because it is determined by the position of the Sun.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Every degree of longitude around the globe would correspond to a four-minute time difference away from mean solar time on that verdant hilltop just east of London.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2015

At 9 hours, 59 minutes, 30 seconds mean solar time, Arcturus was in the exact centre of the band, at which time it was very bright, and full 7° wide.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas