What does "utc" mean?

Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds

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Q: What is a synonym for "utc"?

Common synonyms include: coordinated universal time, global time standard, time standard, universal time, universal time representation, utc standard usage.

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Definitions

Noun

1
Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds wordnet

Phrase

1
Initialism of unable to contact. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Proper Noun

1
Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.
2
Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

coordinated universal time global time standard time standard universal time universal time representation utc standard usage

Antonyms

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gmt local time local time representation local time standard

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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