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Ephemeris time

A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s.

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noun
  1. 1

    A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s.

  2. 2

    A modern relativistic-coordinate time scale.

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