Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Time measured with reference to the mean sun, giving equal 24-hour days throughout the year.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from
apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and fromsidereal time, or that measured by the stars. - n. See under 4th Mean.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
Examples
“In the mean time the passion Montraville had conceived for Julia Franklin daily encreased, and he saw evidently how much he was beloved by that amiable girl: he was likewise strongly prepossessed with an idea of Charlotte's perfidy.”
“I have been constantly indisposed, dear Zmeskall, since I last saw you; in the mean time the servant who lived with you before your present one has applied for my situation.”
“In the mean time Montraville having received orders to return to New-York, arrived, and having still some remains of compassionate tenderness for the woman whom he regarded as brought to shame by himself, he went out in search of Belcour, to enquire whether she was safe, and whether the child lived.”
“In the mean time Finley Morse had reached Charleston in safety after a tedious journey of many days by stage from Washington, and was busily employed in painting.”
“Anon the coach comes: in the mean time there coming a News thither with his horse to go over, that told us he did come from Islington this morning; and that Proctor the vintner of the Miter in Wood-street, and his son, are dead this morning there, of the plague; he having laid out abundance of money there, and was the greatest vintner for some time in London for great entertainments.”
“I shall not be long here, but in the mean time if Miss Williams wants any money pray speak to Mr. Millar and supply her, they write to me about some taxes which I wish you would pay.”
“As I am in the mean time writing several other works, I did not hurry myself much with this last movement merely for the sake of punctuality, especially as I must write this more deliberately, with a view to Rode's [2] playing; we like quick, full-toned passages in our Finales, which do not suit R., and this rather cramps me.”
“In the mean time all the necessary papers are lodged with Pasqualati; so be so good as to inform him that he must delay taking any further steps.”
“Figure 5-2b shows that the crucial variable to predict is the number of adopters from the time of the prediction to the mean time of adoption, when a point of inflection occurs in the diffusion curve.”
“In the mean time the distressing news had come from Charleston of the sudden death of Dr. Finley, to whose kindly affection and influence Morse owed much of the pleasure and success of his several visits to Charleston.”
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