Greenwich Time

Greenwich Time
the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere. Also called Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Civil Time, universal time, Universal Time.
[1840-50]

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