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31mean time between failures — (MTBF) The average length of time during which a system or component operates without fault …
32Greenwich Mean Time — (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is now often used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, although strictly UTC is an atomic time… …
33Regression toward the mean — In statistics, regression toward the mean (also known as regression to the mean) is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on a second measurement, and a fact that may… …
34Washington mean time — was the time at the meridian through the center of the old dome atop the main building at the old US Naval Observatory at Washington, D.C. This Washington meridian was defined on 28 September 1850 by the United States Congress (9 Stat. 515). The… …
35Local mean time — is a form of solar time that corrects the variations of local apparent time, forming a uniform time scale at a specific longitude. Its uniformity depends only on the accuracy of the clocks used to measure it.Local mean time was used from the… …
36Biel Mean Time — Heure Internet Pour les articles homonymes, voir SIT. La dernière fois que vous avez rafraîchi la page il était 04:55 UTC, soit : .be …
37Greenwich Mean Time — ➡ GMT. * * * the name for mean solar time of the longitude (0°) of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England. The meridian at this longitude is called the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian. Greenwich Mean Time was used for clearly …
38The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …
39Paris Mean Time — Greenwich Mean Time adapted to French chauvinism It was an insult to French pride that the meridian was judged to have been centred on an observatory in England: Even then [in 1911], they [the French] hesitated to refer directly to… …
40Greenwich Mean Time — ► NOUN ▪ the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian, used as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles. ORIGIN from Greenwich in London, former site of the Royal Observatory …
