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time zone
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time zone
(noun)
time zone
noun
plural
time zones
time zone
noun
plural
time zones
Britannica Dictionary definition of TIME ZONE
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]
:
any one of the world's 24 divisions that has its own time
◊ Each time zone is one hour earlier than the time zone directly to the east.
We flew west and landed in a different
time zone
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