Definition of Atlantic time

1. Noun. Standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian; used in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and Bermuda and the Canadian Maritime Provinces.

Exact synonyms: Atlantic Standard Time
Generic synonyms: Civil Time, Local Time, Standard Time

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlantic Time

Atlalanti
Atlanta
Atlantan
Atlantans
Atlantean
Atlanteans
Atlantian
Atlantians
Atlantic
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic City
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic Isles
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Standard Time
Atlantic Time
Atlantic bonito
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
Atlantic cod
Atlantic croaker
Atlantic halibut
Atlantic herring
Atlantic herrings
Atlantic manta
Atlantic moonfish
Atlantic pollock
Atlantic pollocks
Atlantic pomfret
Atlantic provinces
Atlantic puffin

Literary usage of Atlantic time

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

1. The Book of American Pastimes: Containing a History of the Principal Base by Charles A. Peverelly (1866)
"Atlantic, and Atlantic of Jamaica, LI, on the ground of the latter; score, 38 to 4, in favor of the Atlantic; time, 2.15. August 8. ..."

2. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala by Uppsala universitet Geologiska institutionen (1908)
"... would have spread as far as to Gotland during the warm and damp atlantic time. ... plants have spread during the cold and damp sub-atlantic time (see p. ..."

3. Our World: Or, First Lessons in Geography for Children by Mary Lucy Hall (1870)
"... time Atlantic. Time Amazon is otme of time largest rivers in time world, ... miles of forest hand, into time Atlantic. Time La Phata is farther ..."

4. Train Rule Examinations Made Easy: A Complete Treatise for Train Rule by George Elmer Collingwood (1911)
"Between Atlantic or Intercolonial and Eastern Sections Campbellton, NB (Atlantic time is used locally.) atlantic time—Intercolonial Ry. ..."

5. The Practical Arithmetic: Oral and Written by Frank H. Hall (1907)
"When it is noon by "Atlantic" time, what is the hour of the day by "Eastern" ... By "Atlantic" time? t. A man traveling from Philadelphia to Chicago would ..."

6. ABC Pathfinder Railway Guideby New England Railway Publishing Company, New-England Association of Railroad Superintendents, A. E. Newton, George K. Snow, C. H. Bradlee, George S. Chase, N. E. Weeks by New England Railway Publishing Company, New-England Association of Railroad Superintendents, A. E. Newton, George K. Snow, C. H. Bradlee, George S. Chase, N. E. Weeks (1907)
"atlantic time east of Vanceboro. Eastern Time east of Fort William and Detroit. ... At 1 N FH, atlantic time, at St. John, N. В., It Is и оо ни at Montreal, ..."

7. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"Whether it will be as unhealthy as the deeper and more extensive marshes of the Atlantic, time and experience must determine. It is hoped that the proximity ..."

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