noun
Technical term for a global time standard; often used in scientific or historical contexts. In modern everyday language, 世界標準時 or UTC are more common.
万国標準時は、かつて国際的な時刻の基準として使われた。
Universal time was once used as an international time standard.
Compound of 万国 (all nations) + 標準 (standard) + 時 (time). A Meiji-era coinage for 'universal time', likely modeled on Western concepts.