Definition of Eastern Time

1. Noun. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Eastern Standard Time, Est
Generic synonyms: Civil Time, Local Time, Standard Time

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Time

Eastern European
Eastern European Time
Eastern Europeans
Eastern Farsi
Eastern Hemisphere
Eastern Highlands
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Question
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Samoa
Eastern Sioux
Eastern Standard Time
Eastern Time (current term)
Eastern Turki
Eastern cottonwood
Eastern hop hornbeam
Eastern pasque flower
Eastern silvery aster
Easters
Eastertide
Eastertime
Eastertimes
Eastery
Eastie
Eastleigh
Eastman
Eastoft

Literary usage of Eastern Time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"This was Central time, which, according to the evidence, Is one hour earlier than Eastern time prevailing in South Carolina; that is to say, the message was ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"What is the error of the watch on Eastern time? 2. Work out the time observations from the transit of 7* and A Sagittarii shown on page 104. 3. ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"The time used on the railways from Halifax to Fort William is Eastern time. 5 OO S. Eastern time. New Brunswick, Montreal, Ontario. 6008. Central time. ..."

4. New Grammar School Arithmetic by John Henry Walsh (1903)
"The section governed by the time of this meridian, called eastern time, included the territory between the Atlantic coast and a line drawn through Detroit, ..."

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