true time
apparent solar time; the time as shown by a sundial.
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How to use true time in a sentence
Being in doubt as to the true time, I am resolved to regard to-morrow, and every seventh day in succession, as the Sabbath.
In the Wrong Paradise | Andrew LangAnd is there any considerable difference between solar time, and true time?
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained | Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. JonesMy father good-naturedly offered to regulate the halting watch by the true time.
He varies a little, and there is a difference between solar time and true time.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy | Frank Richard StocktonThe Aztecs of Mexico, on the contrary, had a solar year, and had made an extraordinary advance in computing the true time.
Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History | Henry R. Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for true time
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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