| Alaska Standard Time |
the standard time used in most of Alaska, nine hours behind Greenwich time. |
| American Standard Version |
an American revision of the King James Version of the Bible, taken primarily from the earlier Revised Version and published in 1901; American Revised Version. |
| Atlantic Standard Time |
the standard time used in the western Atlantic and the easternmost parts of Canada, four hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Central Standard Time |
the standard time used in the central region of the United States, six hours behind Greenwich time. |
| double standard |
any standard set of principles or code of behavior applied in such a way that one group is favored over another, such as men over women or whites over blacks. |
| Eastern Standard Time |
the standard time used in the eastern region of the United States, five hours behind Greenwich time. |
| gold standard |
a monetary system in which a set amount of gold is established as the measure of the value of the currency. |
| Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time |
the standard time used in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands, ten hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Mountain Standard Time |
the standard time used in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, seven hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Pacific Standard Time |
the standard time used in the Pacific Coast region of the United States, eight hours behind Greenwich time. |
| Received Standard |
English as spoken and pronounced by those educated in British public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge universities; upper-class British English. |
| Revised Standard Version |
the most widely accepted modern English translation of the Bible, based on Hebrew and Greek texts and used mainly by Protestants. |
| Samoa Standard Time |
the standard time used in the time zone of the Pacific that includes Samoa, eleven hours behind Greenwich time. |
| silver standard |
a monetary system in which a designated amount of silver comprises the redemption value of the basic currency unit. |
| single standard |
a single set of rules or ethics that apply to all individuals, such as a moral code for both men and women. (Cf. double standard.) [2 definitions] |
| standard deviation |
a statistical measure of how widely the individual items in a distribution differ from the mean. |
| standard gauge |
a standard width of 56.5 inches or 43.5 centimeters between the rails of a railroad track. (Cf. broad gauge, narrow gauge.) [2 definitions] |
| standard of living |
the level of necessities and comforts of daily life that is available to and affordable by a nation, group, or individual. |
| standard time |
the time officially designated in any of the world's twenty-four time zones, which is based for the most part on that zone's distance from the Greenwich meridian. |
| standard-bearer |
someone who serves as the chief representative of an organization such as a political party. [2 definitions] |