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Meaning of civil time | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Mean solar time reckoned from midnight by adding twelve hours.
    uncountable
  2. The statutory time as designated by civilian authorities, generally a standard time in a time zone at a fixed offset from UTC.
    uncountable

Examples

“The civil time in a certain place⟳ is the mean⟳ solar time plus twelve hours which are added so that the day begins at midnight and not at midday. Universal time is the civil time of the international meridian.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

civil tongue civil trial civil twilight civil union civil violation civil war

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