daylight-savings time

Definition of Daylight-savings Time in English :

Noun

1. daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight-saving time, daylight-savings time

time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Daylight-savings Time

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noun

US

time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening

noun

time set usually one hour ahead of the local standard time, widely adopted in the summer to provide extra daylight in the evening

. Also called (in the US): daylight time See also British Summer Time

Daylight-savings Time

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[often D- S- T-]

standard time that is one hour later than the standard time for a given zone based on mean solar time: it is used to give an hour more of daylight at the end of the usual working day

: also daylight savings time

Daylight-savings Time

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n. Abbr. DST

Time during which clocks are set one hour or more ahead of standard time to provide more daylight at the end of the working day during spring, summer, and early fall.

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