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utc

/ˌjuː.tiːˈsiː/

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noun

B2formalcommontechnicalabbreviation/ˌjuː.tiːˈsiː/

uncountable · proper noun

An abbreviation for Coordinated Universal Time, the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time, updated with leap seconds to account for irregularities in Earth's rotation.

  • 🇷🇺Сокращение от Всемирного координированного времени, основного стандарта времени, по которому мир регулирует часы и время, обновляемого с помощью високосных секунд для учёта неравномерности вращения Земли.
  1. Coordinated Universal Time B2 formal

    The primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time, based on atomic time with occasional leap seconds added to keep it close to mean solar time.

    • The flight departs at 14:30 UTC.
    • All timestamps in the system are recorded in UTC.
    • UTC replaced Greenwich Mean Time as the global time standard.

    🇷🇺Всемирное координированное время

    Synonyms: coordinated universal timegreenwich mean time