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Greenwich Mean Time
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Local mean
time at the Greenwich
meridian; the arc of the celestial equator, or the angle at the celestial
pole, between the lower branch of the Greenwich celestial meridian and the
hour circle of the mean sun, measured westward from the lower branch of the
Greenwich celestial meridian through 24 hours; Greenwich
hour angle of the mean sun,
expressed in time units, plus 12 hours. Called Greenwich civil time in
U.S. terminology from 1925 through 1952. Also called universal time,
Z-time.
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Mean time reckoned from the upper branch of the Greenwich meridian is
called Greenwich astronomical time. [[/a>|/a>]]
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References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
