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Green-wich time (gren'ich: chiefly Brit. gren'ij) The mean solar time at the meridian at Greenwich, England, used as a reference in determining standard throughout most of the world.

me-rid-i-anGeog. A great circle of the earth passing through both poles.

lon-gi-tudeGeog. Distance east or west on the earth measured by the angle which a specific place as it intersects with some standard meridian, as that of Greenwich, England.

leap yearA year of 366 days, an additional day being added to February. Every year exactly divisible by four, or in century years, by 400, is a leap year.

chro-nom-e-tern. A timekeeping instrument of high precision and accuracy.

time zoneOne of the 24 established divisions or sectors into which the earth is divided for convenience for convenience in reckoning time: each sector represents 15 degrees of longitude, or a time interval of one hour.

century n. Main Entry: cen·tu·ry ( 'sen(t)-sh(&-)rE)
Etymology: Latin centuria, irregular from centum hundred (1533)
A period of 100 years especially of the Christian era or of the preceding period of human history

millenniumn. mil·len·ni·um (m&-'le-nE-&m)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + New Latin -ennium (as in biennium) - (c. 1638)

• The thousand years mentioned in Revelation 20 during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth
• A period of great happiness or human perfection
• A period of 1000 years
• A 1000th anniversary or its celebration

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