Coordinated Universal Time


Coordinated Universal Time

noun

Definition of COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME

: the international standard of time that is kept by atomic clocks around the world —abbreviation UTC — compare greenwich mean time, universal time

First Known Use of COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME

1969

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