mean noon
Americannoun
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No doubt the Greenwich mean noon of January 1 coincides with midnight on the meridian 12 h. from Greenwich, but with what midnight.
The + sign indicates that the real sun reaches the meridian after mean noon; the − sign before mean noon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
The circles on the tracks indicate the position of the storm centres at Greenwich mean noon on successive days.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
In the present case, where we are concerned with mean time, mid-day means the instant of mean noon, or of the passage of the mean sun over the meridian.
The equation of time and the sidereal time of mean noon complete the ephemeris proper.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon
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