(Askeri) GREENWICH SAATİ: Greenwich meridyenine göre ortalama güneş saati. Greenwich saatinde gün, gece yarısından sonra sıfır saatte başlar. (0001-2400 e kadar) dört rakamla ifade edilir. "Universal time" da denir. Ayrıca bakınız: "Zulu Time"
(Askeri) GREENWICH BÖLGE SAATİ: Saat bölgesi haritalarında gösterildiği gibi, Greenwich'in doğu ve batısındaki bir coğrafi bölgede bulunan ve bir harf eki ile belirtilen saat
A town on the south bank of the River Thames through which the prime meridian passes
{i} area of London through which the prime meridian passes; town in Connecticut (USA); Greenwich village, bohemian area of New York City in New York State (USA)
an area of southeast London on the River Thames. The original British Royal observatory (=a special building from which scientists watch the moon, stars etc) is there, and the meridian (=an imaginary line which divides the eastern and western halves of the world) passes through the grounds of the Observatory. Inner borough (pop., 2001: 214,540), Greater London, on the southern bank of the River Thames. The meridian that passes through the borough serves as the basis for standard time as well as for reckonings of longitude throughout the world. Greenwich Park was enclosed by the duke of Gloucester in 1423; it was the site of the Royal Observatory 1675- 1958. Other historic buildings include the Queen's House, now part of the National Maritime Museum, and the Royal Naval College, established in 1873. These and other historic places were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. The Millennium Dome, constructed in the 1990s, was used to usher in celebrations for the year 2000. Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Village Royal Greenwich Observatory
a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
a time signal transmitted on radio by the BBC every hour and consisting of five short beeps followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour
see GMT. GMT the time as measured at Greenwich in London. Former name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, or Greenwich meridian. GMT was used to avoid potentially confusing references to local time systems (zones). In accord with tradition, 0000 GMT (denoting the start of a solar day) occurred at noon. In 1925 the numbering system for GMT was changed so that the day (like the civil day) began at midnight. Some confusion resulted, and in 1928 the International Astronomical Union changed the designation of the standard time of the zero meridian to Universal Time, which remains in general use. The term GMT is still used for some purposes (including navigation) in English-speaking countries
a fashionable area of New York City, famous for being the home of many artists. Residential section, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S. A village settlement during colonial times, it became in successive stages an exclusive residential area, a tenement district, and, after 1910, a rendezvous for writers, artists, students, bohemians, and intellectuals. The quaintness of its old townhouses led to rising rents in the 1980s and '90s. Washington Square, in its centre, is dominated by Washington Arch and New York University
the British national observatory (=a place where scientists study the stars) , which was established in the 17th century, in Greenwich, South London, although it was moved away from there after World War II and it is now in Cambridge. The 0° meridian (=an imaginary line that divides the east part of the world from the west) passes through the building in Greenwich. Greenwich Mean Time. Astronomical observatory, oldest scientific institution in Britain, founded for navigational purposes in 1675 by Charles II at Greenwich, England. Its main contributions have been in navigation, timekeeping, determination of star positions, and almanac publication. In 1767 it began publishing The Nautical Almanac, based on the time at the longitude of Greenwich; its popularity among navigators led in part to the Greenwich meridian's being made Earth's prime meridian and the starting point for international time zones in 1884 (see Greenwich Mean Time)