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term and Greenwich
Astronomers no longer use the term " Greenwich Mean Time ".
Greenwich Mean Time was adopted across the island of Great Britain by the Railway Clearing House in 1847, and by almost all railway companies by the following year, from which the term " railway time " is derived.
Universal Time ( UT ), a term introduced in 1928, initially represented mean time at Greenwich determined in the traditional way to accord with the originally-defined universal day ; then from 1 January 1956 ( as decided by the IAU at Dublin, 1955, at the initiative of William Markowitz ) this " raw " form of UT was re-labeled UT0 and effectively superseded by refined forms UT1 ( UT0 equalized for the effects of polar wandering ) and UT2 ( UT1 further equalized for annual seasonal variations in earth rotation rate ).
Among the first venues for what would soon be called " Off-Off-Broadway " ( a term supposedly coined by critic Jerry Tallmer of the Village Voice ) were coffeehouses in Greenwich Village, in particular, the Caffe Cino at 31 Cornelia Street, operated by the eccentric Joe Cino, who early on took a liking to actors and playwrights and agreed to let them stage plays there without bothering to read the plays first, or to even find out much about the content.
In 1928 the term Universal Time was adopted internationally as a more precise term than Greenwich Mean Time, because GMT could refer to either an astronomical day starting at noon or a civil day starting at midnight.
However, the term Greenwich Mean Time persists in common usage to this day in reference to civil timekeeping.
The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the IERS Reference Meridian ( which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom ) and east of the Antimeridian, the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.
Members of the Greenwich Township Committee are Mayor Joseph Tauriello ( term ends December 31, 2014 ), Deputy Mayor Elaine Emiliani ( 2012 ), Thomas Callari ( 2014 ), Tanya Segal ( 2012 ), and Dan Perez ( 2012 ).
He earned a scholarship to Princeton University, but dropped out after one term, instead preferring to hang out at Greenwich Village jazz clubs.
The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian ( which crosses Greenwich, England, United Kingdom ) and west of 180 ° longitude.
The term West Bay refers to communities on the west side of the bay ( the mainland ), such as Warwick, Cranston and East Greenwich.
James Hutchinson Woodworth ( December 4, 1804 in Greenwich, New York-March 26, 1869 ; buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago ), was a former member of the Illinois State Senate and the Illinois State House of Representatives, served as a Chicago Alderman, was elected to consecutive terms as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois ( 1848 – 1850 ) as an Independent Democrat, and served one term in the US House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.
It replaced Mars24's previous use of the term " Airy Mean Time " ( AMT ), which was a direct parallel of Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ).

term and Mean
In finance, the term Mean reversion has a different meaning.
Analects never expands on what this term means, but Zisi's text, Doctrine of the Mean, explores its meaning in detail, as well as how to apply it to one's life.
The term swing, meaning big band dance music, wasn't used until after the 1932 hit " It Don't Mean a Thing ( If It Ain't Got That Swing )".
Essentially the CV ( RMSD ) replaces the standard deviation term with the Root Mean Square Deviation ( RMSD ).
* The Italian abbreviation for Mean ascent velocity-velocità ascensionale media-a term for the average ascent speed of bicycle racers
* Mean free path, from kinetic theory, a term describing the path of molecules, atoms or photons
" Mean world syndrome " is a term coined by George Gerbner to describe a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.

term and Astronomical
Six years later, in August 2006, the International Astronomical Union promulgated for the very first time a definition of the term " planet ", which resulted in Pluto's status being demoted from planet to dwarf planet.
He was a founding member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, served a term as the president of the American Association of University Professors, and chaired the International Astronomical Union's committee on comets and minor planets for two decades.
The term, which means " ditch " or " trench " in Latin, is not a geological term as such but a descriptor term used by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) and the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) for topographic features whose geology or geomorphology is uncertain due to lack of data or knowledge of the exact processes that formed them.
In September 2007, the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) renamed the volcano Alba Mons ( Alba Mountain ), reserving the term Alba Patera for the volcano's two central depressions ( calderas ).
In 1982 he was named President of the International Astronomical Union, a title he retained until the end of his term in 1985.
In 1928, the International Astronomical Union introduced the term Universal Time for GMT beginning at midnight, but the two Nautical Almanac Offices did not accept it until 1952.
The descriptor term for crater chains is catena ( plural catenae ), as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nomenclature.
He also remained involved in astronomy research, and in 1950 he served a term as president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Long term observation of these features has shown variations, possibly caused by the transverse motion of an extended cloud extending 10 < sup > 2 </ sup >– 10 < sup > 3 </ sup > Astronomical Units.

term and Time
Heidegger coined the term " dasein " for this property of being in his influential work Being and Time (" this entity which each of us is himself … we shall denote by the term ' dasein.
Cannon declined to run in the 1922 Congressional election, and retired at the end of his last term in 1923 ; he was featured on the cover of the first issue of Time magazine on the last day of his last term in office.
The article " Forcing Gays Out of the Closet " by William A. Henry III in Time ( January 29, 1990 ) introduced the term " outing " to the general public.
The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period — for example, from 19: 00 to 22: 00 ( Central and Mountain Time ) or 20: 00 to 23: 00 ( Eastern and Pacific Time ) ( 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. or 8 p. m. to 11 p. m .).
") It was first given a general term of a " camouflage unit " in " The Time Meddler " ( 1965 ).
Two-year ( Full Time ) MBA programs normally take place over two academic years ( i. e. approximately 18 months of term time ).
* Time domain, a term used to describe the analysis of mathematical functions with respect to time
The term " Instant Messenger " is a service mark of Time Warner and may not be used in software not affiliated with AOL in the United States.
* The Time Machine, an 1895 novel by H. G. Wells, which introduced the term
The term " World War I " was invented by Time magazine in its issue of June 12, 1939.
In that same issue, the term World War II was first used speculatively by Time magazine to describe the upcoming war.
Sullivan later expanded on his usage of the term in a Time magazine column.
Heinlein's Methuselah's Children uses the term, as does James Blish's The Quincunx of Time ( expanded from " Beep ").

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