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ˈtime-ˌservice
[See prec. and service.]
1. = time-serving vbl. n.
1883Symonds Shaks. Predec. v. (1900) 150 This freedom from time-service..give[s] a dignity to Heywood's character.
2. The work done by an observatory staff in daily furnishing the correct time to the community.
1890Smithsonian Rep. 160 Observations of nebulæ and physical observations of Jupiter and Saturn; time service. 1899Athenæum 29 July 161/3 The time-service has also occupied part of the energy of the observatory. |