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ERT

ERT

1 8.8
The time in UTC when a signal or message arrives on Earth
  • noun
  • /iːɑːrˈtiː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ERT
  • The ERT indicates that the earthquake occurred at precisely 11:30 UTC.

Examples

  • Scientists recorded the ERT of the signal received from the distant star.

  • The data from the satellite confirmed the ERT for the meteor event on Tuesday at 3 PM.

  • Have an ERT unit dispatched and ready.

    Felon (2008)

  • Most of them are inert... ...but some are ert.

    Private Benjamin (1980)

  • It's not fart, it's fay-ert.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Convene in the armory for body armor and riot gear for ERT response.

    Half Past Dead 2 (2007)

  • As the summer passed, Elwood Martin noticed how puny Culph-ert's crop was compared to the patch that my brother and I planted on "Papa's Place."

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

Earth-received time
vsERT
  • Specialized
9.5

The time on Earth when a signal from space arrives, usually given in UTC

is the same time reference but described more generally for technical use

Surface Forms

ERT singular
ERTs plural

Morphology

ERT = E + R + T

ERT is an initialism/acronym; the individual letters do not convey the meaning unless the expansion (e.g., 'Earth Received Time') is known, so learners cannot derive the sense from the components.

Etymology

ERT is an abbreviation made from the words Earth, Received, and Time, literally meaning the moment a signal or event is 'received' on Earth in universal time. So scientists use ERT as a precise time stamp to show when something reached the planet.