UTC

Definitions of UTC
  1. noun
    Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds
    synonyms: coordinated universal time
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    types:
    ERT, Earth-received time
    the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
    TRM, transmission time
    the coordinated universal time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body
    SCET, spacecraft event time
    the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft
    type of:
    GMT, Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich Time, UT, UT1, universal time
    the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere
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