Skytime

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The time when a vehicle such as an airplane is in flight. uncountable

    "Skytime to Lebanon or Israel is twelve minutes, add four more for Jordan."

  2. 2
    Time that an astronomer has booked for use of a major telescope. uncountable

    "But it's possible for an astronomer in say, England, or Hawaii, to book skytime here and scrutinize the results from his own laboratory via computer."

  3. 3
    Time as measured by looking at the sky. uncountable

    "Close to midnight part of the horizon was suffused with a pearly glow, and presently, on skytime, the great moon peered above the water, then seemed to bound free, eager to pace along its arching trail, throwing a path of molten silver on an ebon sea."

Example

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"Skytime to Lebanon or Israel is twelve minutes, add four more for Jordan."

Etymology

From sky + time.

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