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Green-wich time (gren'ich: chiefly Brit. gren'ij) The mean solar time at the meridian at Greenwich, England, used as a reference in determining standard throughout most of the world.

me-rid-i-an Geog. A great circle of the earth passing through both poles.

lon-gi-tude Geog. Distance east or west on the earth measured by the angle which a specific place as it intersects with some standard meridian, as that of Greenwich, England.

leap year A year of 366 days, an additional day being added to February. Every year exactly divisible by four, or in century years, by 400, is a leap year.

chro-nom-e-ter n. A timekeeping instrument of high precision and accuracy.

time zone One of the 24 established divisions or sectors into which the earth is divided for convenience for convenience in reckoning time: each sector represents 15 degrees of longitude, or a time interval of one hour.

century n. Main Entry: cen·tu·ry ( 'sen(t)-sh(&-)rE)
Etymology: Latin centuria, irregular from centum hundred (1533)
A period of 100 years especially of the Christian era or of the preceding period of human history

millennium n. mil·len·ni·um (m&-'le-nE-&m)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin mille thousand + New Latin -ennium (as in biennium) - (c. 1638)

The thousand years mentioned in Revelation 20 during which holiness is to prevail and Christ is to reign on earth
A period of great happiness or human perfection
A period of 1000 years
A 1000th anniversary or its celebration

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is where East meets West at the (0° Longitude); World Time is set . Remember the new millennium started in .

Greenwich lies on the , a few minutes by rail or tube, or a short river cruise from central London. If you want to visit Greenwich and information on visiting London, England then see . There is the famous to visit and the . Just down river is the which is close to

The at Greenwich is in along with the and the (on which the in Washington DC, USA is based). For information on astronomy visit

The starts in Greenwich Park every Spring.

Greenwich has a long heritage; it was the birth place of and his daughters (Bloody Mary) and (The Virgin Queen). All the English monarchs can be found at .

It has seen many famous visitors from through to . This and a lot more in .

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