terrestrial time
NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T
terrestrial time is a valid 16-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
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WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1E1R1R1E1S1T1R1I1A1L1T1I1M3E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING
What does terrestrial time mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions.
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