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Meaning of ephemeris time | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s.
    uncountable
  2. A modern relativistic-coordinate time scale.
    uncountable

CEFR level

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

ephemerist ephemeroid ephemeron ephemerophyte ephemeropteran ephemerovirus

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