[standard time] also [slow time] {n.} Clock time that is set by lawor agreement in a country or in part of a country; especially, in theUnited States: the clock time used between fall and spring, which isan hour slower than the time used in the summer. — Abbreviation ST.
When we go to bed Saturday night, we will set our clocks back anhour, because Sunday we will be on standard time again.
Next weekit will get dark an hour earlier, because we will be on standardtime.
Contrast: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
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