apparent time

When time is calculated by the stars it is called sidereal time; when by the sun, solar, or apparent time.
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
Then, too, less apparent time is taken than with plants grown from cuttings and far less than with those grown from seed.
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses|M. G. Kains
The odd seconds set down above, arose by reducing the time, as given by the watch, to apparent time.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16|Robert Kerr
Difference between apparent and mean time or mean and apparent time - Equation of Time.
Lectures in Navigation|Ernest Gallaudet Draper

In summer find out from the Azimuth Tables the local apparent time when the sun will bear 90.
Lectures in Navigation|Ernest Gallaudet Draper

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apparent time

Solar time as measured by the Sun's actual position with respect to an observer's local meridian and equal for any observer to the hour angle of the Sun at that location. Sundials register apparent time, which differs continuously with the observer's longitude and is not standardized across a time zone. Each degree of longitude represents a difference of four minutes in apparent time. Because of irregularities in Earth's orbit and the tilt of its axis, a day as measured by apparent time varies somewhat in length throughout the year. Also called apparent solar time♦ The moment when the Sun crosses an observer's local meridian is called the apparent noon. Compare local mean time. See more at mean time solar time.

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Scientific definitions for apparent time