zonetime

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noun

The time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.

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Meanings

nounzonetime (countable and uncountable, plural zonetimes)

plural zonetimes

  1. countablerareuncountableThe time in a particular time zone, based on a meridian, as opposed to standard time.

    For all our weather and radio reports, we use UTC or Greenwich, and for everything else we use zonetime. This is quite easy to find by taking your longitude and dividing it by fifteen. Subtract this number from UTC time and you have zonetime.

    2011, Lawrence Rick, Life is a Cruise: The Log of Done Dreamin', page 83

Origin

From zone + time.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

monetize
Cite this entry
APA

zonetime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonetime

MLA

“zonetime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonetime. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zonetime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonetime.

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