terrestrial time
See also: Terrestrial Time
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A time standard proposed by Sandford Fleming in the late 19th century to replace Greenwich time and Paris time by one that is universally adopted.
- 1879, Sanford Fleming, Uniform Non-local Time (terrestrial Time), page 23:
- Whenever exact time was required for any purpose, terrestrial time, assuming it to be in general use, would be available.
- 2013, Luchien Karsten, Globalization and Time, page 17:
- Sanford Fleming, director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, insisted on the necessary introduction of a uniform time for the whole world: terrestrial time. Whereas Dowd's national system only encompassed North American railroads, Fleming's terrestrial time extended around the world and was called cosmopolitan time (Bartky 2007).
- (science fiction) Time based on the time system used on Earth, consisting of 24-hour days.
Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial Time