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COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Chronology
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Banking
DEF

The international standard of time that is kept by atomic clocks around the world.

CONT

By convention, the world's weather communities use a twenty four hour clock, similar to "military" time based on the 0° longitude meridian, also known as the Greenwich meridian. Prior to 1972, this time was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but is now referred to as Coordinated Universal Time or Universal Time Coordinated (UTC). It is a coordinated time scale, maintained by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). It is also known as "Z time" or "Zulu Time."

OBS

Coordinated Universal Time; UTC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

OBS

Co-ordinated Universal Time; UTC: term and abbreviation standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1993.

OBS

Coordinated Universal Time; Universal Time Coordinated; UTC: terms and abbreviation standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Chronologie
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Banque
DEF

Échelle de temps calculée par le Bureau international des poids et mesures à partir du temps atomique international (TAI).

CONT

Le temps universel coordonné est la référence pour l'heure officielle dans tous les pays.

OBS

Le Comité linguistique de Radio-Canada recommande l'adoption du sigle UTC, universellement employé.

OBS

temps universel coordonné; UTC : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'ISO; terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

OBS

temps universel coordonné; UTC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

temps universel coordonné; TUC : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO) en 1993.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Cronología
  • Geografía matemática
  • Operaciones bancarias
DEF

Escala de tiempo mantenida por la Oficina Internacional de la Hora (BIH), que constituye la base de una difusión coordinada de frecuencias patrón y señales horarias.

OBS

Su ritmo corresponde exactamente al del tiempo atómico internacional, pero difiere de éste en un número entero de segundos.

OBS

tiempo universal coordinado; UTC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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