Greenwich Time Signal
English
Noun
Greenwich
Time Signal
(
plural
Greenwich Time Signals
)
(
Britain
)
A time signal transmitted on
radio
by the
BBC
every
hour
and consisting of five short
beeps
followed by a longer one, with the longer one coinciding with the start of the hour.
Synonyms
the
pips
(
UK, informal
)
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