Found 1 hit - Term: sideral time, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sidereal \side"real\, a. l. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a
constellation, a star. cf. sideral, consider, desire.
1. relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal
astronomy.
1913 webster
2. astron. measuring by the apparent motion of the stars;
designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the
same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal
revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
1913 webster
sidereal clock, day, month, year. see under clock,
day, etc.
sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking
the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a
transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a
sidereal day. this is, strictly, apparent sidereal time,
mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of
the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
1913 webster
see also:
sideral consider desire sidereal clock day month
year clock day sideral time
Results 1 - 8 of 8 found about sideral time: Geologic Time
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Geologic Time, definition of term: Geologic Time
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High Time, definition of term: High Time
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Free Time, definition of term: Free Time
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Common Time, definition of term: Common Time
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Big Time, definition of term: Big Time
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Access Time, definition of term: Access Time
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At A Time, definition of term: At A Time
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From Time To Ti, definition of term: From Time To Ti
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