Meaning Of The Word Time zone

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What's The Definition Of Time zone?

time zone
countable noun: A time zone is one of the areas into which the world is divided where the time is calculated as being a particular number of hours behind or ahead of GMT.

time zone in American English
any of the 24 longitudinal regions of the earth, each occupying 15 degrees and having a mean solar time one hour greater than that of the neighboring region to the west
noun: one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England

time zone in British English
noun: a region throughout which the same standard time is used. There are 24 time zones in the world, demarcated approximately by meridians at 15° intervals, an hour apart

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