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Noun: terrestrial time
  1. (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
    - TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time

Derived forms: terrestrial times

Type of: time unit, unit of time

Encyclopedia: Terrestrial time

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