Coordinated Universal Time

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• Coordinated Universal Time — An atomic time scale that is the basis for broadcast time signals. Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) differs from International Atomic Time by an integral number of seconds; it is maintained within 0.9 seconds of UT1 (see Universal Time) by… …   Military dictionary

• Coordinated Universal Time — noun Date: 1969 the international standard of time that is kept by atomic clocks around the world abbreviation UTC; compare Greenwich mean time, Universal time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Universal Time — (UT) is a timescale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), i.e., the mean solar time on the meridian of Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC. In fact the… …   Wikipedia



• Coordinated Universal Time — UTC redirects here. For other uses, see UTC (disambiguation). Coordinated Universal Time (abbreviated UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich… …   Wikipedia



• Coordinated Universal Time — Die koordinierte Weltzeit (UTC, Coordinated Universal Time[1]) ist die aktuelle Weltzeit. Sie hat in dieser Funktion die Mittlere Greenwichzeit (Greenwich Mean Time – GMT) bereits 1926 abgelöst. Sie ist eine Kombination aus der internationalen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Universal Time — noun A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping. Universal Time (UT1) is determined from observations of the stars, radio sources, and also …   Wiktionary

• Coordinated Universal Time — n. UNIVERSAL TIME as periodically adjusted to coordinate with atomic clocks: it serves as the official international basis for STANDARD TIME: abbrev. UTC * * *       international basis of civil and scientific time, implemented in 1963. The unit… …   Universalium

• coordinated universal time — универсальное глобальное время (по Гринвичу) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• Coordinated Universal Time — …   Википедия

• Coordinated Universal Time — 1) Страхование: координированное универсальное время 2) Специальный термин: всемирное координированное время 3) Майкрософт: время в формате UTC …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь