Overview of noun mean_time

The noun mean time has 1 sense

• mean time, mean solar time -- ((astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator))

The noun meantime has 1 sense

• interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag -- (the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government")

Overview of adv mean_time

The adv meantime has 1 sense

• meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime -- (during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified")