Utc

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds wordnet
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of unable to contact. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.
  2. 2
    Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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coordinated universal timecoordinated universal timegmtgmtgreenwich mean timeut

Example

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"The Lovejoy comet is expected to make an appearance in the Earth’s skies in the hours before it grazes the solar surface from a distance of only 140,000 kilometers at about midnight Friday UTC."

Etymology

A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”.

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UTC offsetcoordinated universal timeuniversal time

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