pacific standard time

pa·cif·ic stand·ard time

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Definitions of pacific standard time words

noun pacific standard time See under standard time. 1
noun pacific standard time 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time 1
noun pacific standard time one of the standard times used in North America, based on the local time of the 120° meridian, eight hours behind Greenwich Mean Time 0
noun pacific standard time a standard time used in the zone which includes the W states of the continental U.S., corresponding to the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of Greenwich, England: it is eight hours behind Greenwich time 0

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1880-85

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