CLOCK TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clock time mean? 

• CLOCK TIME (noun)
  The noun CLOCK TIME has 1 sense:

1. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock

  Familiarity information: CLOCK TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOCK TIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reading of a point in time as given by a clock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

clock time; time

Context example:

the time is 10 o'clock

Hypernyms ("clock time" is a kind of...):

indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)

Attribute:

antemeridian (before noon)

postmeridian (after noon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clock time"):

SCLK; spacecraft clock time (the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft)

prime time (the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available)

hour; time of day (clock time)