time difference

English

Noun

time difference (plural time differences)

1. The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval.
2. The difference in clocktime between two or more different time zones.

   Synonym: time change

   I want to call Nick – what's the time difference between here and Hong Kong?

Derived terms

• time difference of arrival

Translations

difference of time between measurements

Arabic: فَارِق اَلتَّوْقِيت m (fāriq at-tawqīt) Chinese: Mandarin: 時差 / 时差 (zh) (shíchā) Dutch: tijdsverschil (nl) n Finnish: aikaväli (fi) French: différence de temps f German: Zeitunterschied (de) m Japanese: 時差 (ja) (じさ, jisa) Korean: 시차(時差) (ko) (sicha) Polish: różnica czasu Romanian: diferență orară (ro) f Russian: ра́зница во вре́мени f (ráznica vo vrémeni)

difference in clock time between two or more different time zones

German: Zeitverschiebung (de) Hungarian: időeltolódás (hu)