sidereal time

noun

: time based on the sidereal day

: the hour angle of the vernal equinox at a place

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The space traveler is a multi-complication pocket watch, with double-wheel escapement, mean solar and sidereal time, an annual calendar, age and phase of the moon and the equation of time. —

Carol Besler, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2023 The pink gold masterpiece includes 12 complications, including a cathedral minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar with retrograde date, moon age and angular motion, sidereal time and sky chart. —

Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023 The sky chart is a disk that rotates at a speed of sidereal time (23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds). —

Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of sidereal time was in 1765

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“Sidereal time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidereal%20time. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

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