true time

American  

noun

1. apparent solar time; the time as shown by a sundial.

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true time British  

noun

1. the time shown by a sundial; solar time. When the sun is at the highest point in its daily path, the true time is exactly noon Compare mean time

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Example Sentences

The only day the clock tells the true time is during the countdown to the midnight bells during Edinburgh's big Hogmanay celebrations on 31 December.

From BBC

Then, in August 2022, Roc Nation changed his pay structure to a fee-for-service setup where, the lawsuit says, Garcia was still working at all hours doing various tasks but getting paid “significantly less, as the invoiced amounts did not accurately reflect the true time and effort” required to work for the performer.

From Los Angeles Times

“The problem is nobody knows” the true time frame for the projects, says Hitoshi Murayama, a theorist at the University of California, Berkeley, who chairs P5.

From Science Magazine

And Sideræl — pronounced “sigh-deer-ee-el” — is “a more elven” spelling of sidereal, “the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time,” she explained.

From Seattle Times

"Many investors and institutions believe that the true time of the China senior housing market will boom around 2025-2028, so they are accelerating investments in this space," Liu said.

From Reuters