Terrestrial time
"Terrestrial time" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Whenever exact time was required for any purpose, terrestrial time, assuming it to be in general use, would be available.
Sanford Fleming, director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, insisted on the necessary introduction of a uniform time for the whole world: terrestrial time. Whereas Dowd's national system only encompassed North American railroads, Fleming's terrestrial time extended around the world and was called cosmopolitan time (Bartky 2007).