Definition of a-time in English English dictionary
- A-H conduction time
- Alternative capitalization of a-h conduction time
- Alaska Standard Time
- the time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of Alaska
- Atlantic Standard Time
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses most of the state of Alaska. No its not - the AST encompasses the east coast of Canada - which sits on the Atlantic Ocean , hence the name Atlantic Standard Time
- Australian Eastern Standard Time
- The timezone used in eastern Australia of GMT+10: 00 comprised of 4 states. Queensland is the only state to remain constant through daylight savings time while the others transition to GMT+11: 00
- British Summer Time
- A form of daylight-saving time, one hour ahead of UTC, used in the United Kingdom. Abbreviation: BST
- CPU time
- The length of time that a central processing unit was busy processing instructions for a particular program, function or task
- Central European Time
- the time of day in the time zone that encompasses many countries in Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and North Africa
- Central Standard Time
- the time of day in the time zone that encompasses a central portion of the United States
- Central Time
- The time zone in central North America corresponding to UTC minus six hours during standard time, and UTC minus five hours during daylight savings time
- Central Time
- The time zone in central Europe corresponding to UTC plus one hour
- Central Time
- The time zone in central Australia corresponding to UTC plus 9: 30 hours
- Christmas time
- The Christmas season
- Christmas time
- Yuletide
- Christmas time
- Christmastide
- Colored People's Time
- The supposed habit of black people of frequently being late, conceived of as a time zone
Colored People's Time,” King said with a grin. “It always takes us longer to get where we're going.”.
- Coordinated Universal Time
- A high-precision atomic time standard (abbreviation UTC)
- Eastern European Time
- the time of day in the time zone that encompasses many countries in Eastern Europe the Middle East and North Africa
- Eastern Standard Time
- The timezone that encompasses the East coast of the United States, and parts of Canada during the winter, it is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
- Father Time
- A personification of time as an old man, usually carrying an hourglass
Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of Father Time himself.
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Mean solar time at the Greenwich Meridian
- Greenwich Time Signal
- 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
- Japan Standard Time
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the segment of Japan
- Moscow Time
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses an area of western Russia, including Moscow
- Mountain Standard Time
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the segment of the United States that includes the Rocky Mountains
- Pacific Standard Time
- the time of day in the time zone that encompasses the West coast of the United States
- Planck time
- A natural unit of time, equivalent to the time it takes light to traverse one Planck length; it is the smallest duration of time that has physical meaning
- Time Sharing Option
- an IBM interactive command line interpreter for mainframe operating systems
- Universal Time
- A measure of time that conforms, within a close approximation, to the mean diurnal rotation of the Earth and serves as the basis of civil timekeeping. Universal Time (UT1) is determined from observations of the stars, radio sources, and also from ranging observations of the moon and artificial Earth satellites. The scale determined directly from such observations is designated Universal Time Observed (UTO); it is slightly dependent on the place of observation. When UTO is corrected for the shift in longitude of the observing station caused by polar motion, the time scale UT1 is obtained. When an accuracy better than one second is not required, Universal Time can be used to mean Coordinated Universal TimeJoint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)
- Yukon Standard Time
- Alaska Standard Time
- Yukon Time
- Alternative form of Yukon Standard Time
- ZULU time
- See Universal Time
- Zulu time
- Coordinated Universal Time
- a stitch in time saves nine
- A little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem, prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring a lot of effort to fix later; A little preparation can eliminate the need for repairs later; consistency (achieving a set rhythm) is better than trying to rush ahead
- a-h conduction time
- The time between the start of the first high frequency component of the atrial electrocardiogram to the first high frequency component of the His bundle electrocardiogram, normally 92ms ± 38 ms
- about time
- Close to the right time
It's about time for the wedding to start, let's run to the church.
- about time
- Far past the desired time
About time too, if you ask me! We've been waiting for about 45 minutes for it!.
- absolute space-time
- The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time and spatial coordinates that is the same for all observers
- absolute time
- The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers
- access time
- The time interval between the issuing of a request to read data from or write data to a storage device and the completion of this action
Random access files have a fast access time, but they cannot easily produce sequential lists.
- access time
- An item of metadata indicating when a file was last accessed
It is difficult to monitor both the access time and the change time, because monitoring the file attributes resets the access time.
- against time
- With urgency, being aware that the time available to do something may be insufficient
- against time
- Measured relative to a deadline rather than a competitor
- ahead of one's time
- In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field
With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.
- ahead of time
- prior to the expected time; early
- air time
- Alternative form of airtime
- air time
- The period of freefall after jumping
- all in good time
- One should be patient
All in good time!.
- all in good time
- At a suitable moment in time
Don't worry! I'm sure it will arrive all in good time.
- all of the time
- Alternative form of all the time
- all the time
- Very often; frequently
I have never been this excited about having an album. I play it all the time.
- all the time
- Always; constantly; for the complete duration
The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time.
- all-time
- unsurpassed up to the present time
- any time
- At any time
- any time
- "you are welcome"
- arrow of time
- Entropy
- arrow of time
- A term used to distinguish a direction of time within a four-dimensional relativistic view of the cosmos
- arrow of time
- The subjective feeling of movement from past to future
- at a time
- Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action)
climb stairs two at a time.
- at a time
- In a single, continuous period of time
He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.
- at church every time the doors are open
- religious to the point of excess; ridiculously religious
I was at church every time the doors were open. I started learning more about the Bible and even got baptized in the back of the church in a toddler pool.
- at no time
- never
- at one time
- formerly
At one time, I could walk ten miles in a day, but I can't any longer.
- at one time
- simultaneously
- at the same time
- on the other hand (introducing an opposing viewpoint)
- at the same time
- simultaneously
- at this moment in time
- currently, now, at present
- at this point in time
- right now
While we are not able to assist you at this point in time, we will be sure to call you if an opportunity arises.
- atomic time
- Time, as measured by an atomic clock
- bath time
- The time of day when a person has, or is given, a bath
- behind its time
- Showing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted
- behind time
- In an unpunctual manner
I'm sorry, I'm running behind time, I should be home in half an hour or so.
- behind time
- Arriving late; unpunctual
We should leave now - I don't want to be too behind time.
- bid one's time
- Common misspelling of bide one's time
- bide one's time
- To wait for a suitable opportunity
- big time
- The highest, or most prestigious level in any field, especially in entertainment
- bleeding time
- The time it takes for bleeding to stop in a bleeding time test
- bleeding time test
- A test used to assess the ability of a person's blood to clot, carried out by cutting the skin and measuring the time it takes for the resulting bleeding to stop
- bleeding time tests
- plural form of bleeding time test
- bought time
- Simple past tense and past participle of buy time
- broken time
- A sudden change in the tempo of one fencer's actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at the wrong time
- bullet time
- A visual effect in which the camera pans around a slowed-down object, such as a flying bullet
particularly in the use of the bullet-time technique.
- buy time
- Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else
We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes.
- buying time
- Present participle of buy time
- buys time
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buy time
- by the time
- When
I'll be an old man by the time you finish!.
- capillary refill time
- The amount of time required for empty capillaries to refill. Commonly used as a measure of dehydration and perfusion
- civil time
- Mean solar time reckoned from midnight by adding twelve hours
- closing time
- the time when a public house closes
- common time
- A meter of four quarter notes per measure
- company time
- Time for which one is being compensated by one's employer, and for which the employer is therefore responsible for the welfare of the employee, and the employee is expected to refrain from engaging in personal interests
What employers find is that if workers are allowed to schedule in that time, many will do those errands on personal rather than company time.
- compile time
- The point at which a program is converted from source code to machine code; literally the time of compilation
- copious free time
- A hypothetical time set aside for performing time-consuming tasks, however insinuating that the speaker really has no free time
I'll do that in my copious free time.
- corner time
- A punishment consisting in a periode of time the culprit (usually a mischievous child) must stand still in a corner, facing the wall
Oliver's spankings were always followed by corner time, pants still down, so his fresh stripes could serve as deterrent for the other boys.
- counter-time
- An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack
- crunch time
- The last few minutes of play in the fourth quarter
- crunch time
- A critical period of time during which it is necessary to work hard and fast
- crunch-time
- Alternative spelling of crunch time
- cycle time
- The total elapsed time to complete an operation or set of operations
Design cycle time for an all-new state-of-the-art compressor is still years from go-ahead to readiness for manufacture.
- daylight saving time
- An adjustment of the official time during summer to cause events to be scheduled during daylight hours
- daylight savings time
- daylight saving time (see usage notes)
- daylight-savings time
- Alternative form of daylight savings time
- did time
- Simple past of do time
- do time
- To spend time in prison (as a prisoner)
My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.
- does time
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of do time
- doing time
- Present participle of do time
- done time
- Past participle of do time
- double time
- A musical rhythm twice as fast as the overall beat, with this pattern of note lengths: 3/16 3/16 1/4 3/16 3/16
- double time
- A dance step pattern with six steps
- double time
- A rate of pay twice that of normal
- double time
- A fast marching pace of 180 steps per minute, 36 inches in length for the Marine Corps and Navy, 30 inches in length for the Army. It is not really double the speed of quick time as quick time is 112-120 steps per minute
- double-time
- to march at double time
- double-time
- to order troops to march at double time
after ten or fifteen minutes of preparation, he stopped the artillery and instructed Corporal Lamb to double-time his platoon to the intermediate knoll under cover of fire from the machine guns. — Combat Actions in Korea (1954).
- drinking-up time
- the time when customers in a public house should finish their drinks, before closing time
- drive time
- The time it takes to drive between two points
I get some of my best thinking done during my drive times.
- drive time
- The time of the day when most people commute to work, seen as a popular time to listen to the radio
Mornings and afternoons are called drive time because that is when most people are driving. When people commute they tend to listen to the radio, thus drive time is primetime when it comes to total number of radio listeners. During drive time, radio stations have a captive audience.
- drive-time
- Alternative spelling of drive time
- drying time
- The time required for the loss of volatile components so that the material will no longer be adversely affected by weather conditions such as dew, rain or freezing
- ephemeris time
- A modern relativistic-coordinate time scale
- ephemeris time
- A former standard astronomical time scale intended to overcome the drawbacks of irregularly fluctuating mean solar time, superseded in the 1970s
- euglobulin lysis time
- A blood test that measures how long clots take to break down (lysis) in the blood
- every time
- At each occasion that
Every time I see you, it makes me happy.
- every time
- Used to express a strong preference for something
If I had the choice between going to work and staying at home, I'd pick staying at home every time.
- extended playing time
- In a one-sided sporting contest, when junior varsity players (i.e., second- and third-string players) play a majority of a varsity game
Once the No. 1 team football built an early 56-0 lead in the game against their weak opponents, the coach - wanting to spare the opponent further embarrassment, to keep his top players from being injured and sensing his own younger players needed experience - decided to give his reserves some well-deserved extended playing time.
- extra time
- an additional period played at the end some games of football if the score is tied after the two halves of play
- face time
- Time spent talking face-to-face with another person or group of people, as opposed to e-mail or other forms of communication
- first-passage time
- The time taken for a random walker to reach a specified target
- first-time
- Happening for the first time; doing something for the first time
- first-time buyer
- A person purchasing a house for the first time, as opposed to one who already owns a house and is selling it in order to buy another
- first-time buyers
- plural form of first-time buyer
- for old time's sake
- Alternative form of for old times' sake
- for the last time
- An expression showing exasperation, meaning the last time something will be said before punitive action will be taken
- for the time being
- temporarily; until later
I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.
- four-four time
- A meter or rhythm with four beats to a measure and four beats to a whole note. Specifically simple quadruple time or common time
- free time
- Time that can be spent on one's own activities rather than work
I love to play football in my free time.
- from time to time
- Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while
The sound of horns and motors.
- from time to time
- Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly
So was she trayned vp from time to time, / In all chast vertue, and true bounti-hed / Till to her dew perfection she was ripened.
- full time
- The end of a game of football or rugby
- full time
- The full number of hours usually worked in a day or week, in distinction to part-time work
- full-time
- Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job
Bringing up a child is a full-time activity.
- full-time
- Spending a full amount of time
to work full-time.
- full-time equivalent
- The result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers
We estimate our work-from-home employees to be 30% of our total full-time equivalents.
- get the time
- Have a free period of time to do something
I'm very busy, but when I get the time I'll read through your proposal.
- give somebody a hard time
- To tease, kid, or rib
He's usually pretty good-natured when the children give him a hard time about his bald spot.
- give the time of day
- To acknowledge somebody; to give somebody any respect or attention
If he doesn't think you are rich enough, he won't even give you the time of day.
- good time
- A period of time spent at some pleasant, enjoyable or entertaining activity
- good-time
- Who enjoys pleasurable activities without regard to the consequences
- good-time Charlie
- an affable or happy-go-lucky convivial man
I couldn't be a good-time Charlie ... when I was a kid I was taught not to talk or joke or laugh at the table -- A.J.Liebling.
- half time
- the time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value
- half time
- the interval between the two halves of a sports match
- half-time
- of, or relating to half time
the half-time whistle.
- half-time
- Alternative spelling of half time
- hang time
- The duration that something stays in the air. Usually refers an athlete or something thrown or kicked
- hard time
- Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble
- harvest time
- The time of year during which which harvest occurs
- have a good time
- To enjoy oneself
- have a whale of a time
- To enjoy oneself greatly
We had a whale of a time at the party Saturday night.
- have the time
- To know the current time, or be able to consult a device which does
Hey, do you have the time? I think I'm late for work.
- have the time
- To be available, to have nothing more important to do
I can't do it yet, I don't have the time.
- have the time of one's life
- To enjoy oneself more than ever before
- have the time of one's life
- To enjoy oneself immensely
- hit the big time
- To become successful and widely known
After years of hard work, they finally hit the big time with their sixth album.
- hydraulic retention time
- a measure of the average length of time that a soluble compound remains in a constructed reactor
- in due time
- Eventually; when ready
- in good time
- At a suitable time
Reagan: And in good time you gave it.
- in good time
- Before an appointed time
A taxicab took me round in good time for my appointment.
- in no time
- Very soon
Just give me a ring and I'll be over in no time.
- in one's own time
- Taking as much time as one requires; when one is ready
- in one's time
- In the time when one was a certain age
In my time, we didn't desecrate our flag.
- in process of time
- In the course of time; as time goes on; gradually; in due course
- in the nick of time
- At the last possible moment; at the last minute
He finished writing his paper and slid it under the door just in the nick of time.
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- At a location where something bad is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- Describing actions or activities that the speaker considers inappropriate, misdirected, or unlikely to yield good results
- in time
- As time passes
In time, it got easier to deal with her death.
- in time
- Sufficiently early (for something)
You've got here in time for tea — I was just making some.
- in time
- In the correct tempo (for a piece of music)
- in time
- At or before the time assigned
If I don't leave now, I won't get to work in time.
- injury time
- Additional time played straight after each of the two halves, due to any stoppages occurring during the halves
- interrupting time
- The time between the trip circuit energization and power arc interruption
- intravaginal ejaculation latency time
- The time between the start of penetrative vaginal intercourse and male ejaculation inside the vagina
- it's about time
- Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue
- just in time
- at the last possible moment; just before or within the assigned time
- just-in-time
- Of a manufacturing system in which components are delivered at the precise time required, thus minimizing inventory carrying costs
- kill time
- To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly
She had nothing better to do, so she went to the bowling alley to kill time.
- killing time
- Present participle of kill time
- last time
- The ultimate occurrence
I'll excuse your absence, but this is the last time!.
- last time
- In the past; formerly
- last time
- The previous occurrence
We haven't caught any fish the last few times.
- lead time
- The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered
It's an excellent device, but it has a 10-week lead time, so be sure to order it in advance.
- like feeding time at the zoo
- Extremely frenetic, disorderly and messy
- like the new time
- Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly
He was running like the new time when the dog chased him.
- link time
- The point at which multiple binary objects are merged into a larger program; literally, the time at which they are linked. Often used attributively
Link-time optimization.
- load time
- The point at which a program is put into an executable state; literally, the time at which it is loaded
- lock time
- The time, measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer
- long time
- Used as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time
- long time no hear
- I haven't heard from you for a long time
Dave! Long time no hear! How has Boston been treating you?.
- long time no see
- I haven't seen you for a long time
Dave! Long time no see! How has Boston been treating you?.
- lunch-time
- The time or hour at which lunch is normally eaten
It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.
- many a time and oft
- frequently
The three girl friends were seated on the rocks, enjoying the evening scene and the air which was fresh but not too chilly. Many a time and oft were they wont to come there to that favourite nook to have a cosy chat beside the sparkling waves and discuss matters feminine.
- mark time
- Marching in place; not going anywhere
- me time
- Time to oneself; a period spent relaxing on one's own
- mean time
- A variant spelling of meantime
- mean time
- A mean (average) amount of time
Mean time between failures.
- military time
- The 24-hour clock
- minimum connecting time
- The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight
- mists of time
- Any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog
Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free. — Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- needle time
- The limit on the amount of airplay of recorded music in any given 24 hour period
- no time like the present
- A shortened form of there's no time like the present
- noon-time
- noontide; noon; the middle of the day
- normal time
- the two standard 45-minute periods of play; usually in contrast with either injury time or extra time
- not give somebody the time of day
- to ignore someone deliberately; to refuse to talk or pay attention to someone probably because you think they are not good enough to talk to you or they really annoy you
I think I've really annoyed him this time - he won't even give me the time of day!.
- nut-cutting time
- Time to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation
- nut-cutting time
- Time to gather nuts before they are taken by other animals or buried in snow
The desire to follow traditions of hunting squirrel in Tennessee during mulberry season in June, and nut-cutting time in September, when squirrels concentrate, .
- old time
- A time in the past
- old time used to be
- Ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. Often used in songs
Somebody loan me a dime, I need to call my old time used to be.
- old-time
- From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned
He likes to listen to old-time music.
- old-time country
- Form of American folk music popular in the Southern Appalachian region of the United Staes prior to the early 1930s, emphasizing jug and mountain string bands; influential in early country music
- on time
- Punctually or according to the schedule
The train arrived on time for the first time this week.
- on-time marker
- A short marker (a pip if audio, a * if data) that signals the precise instant of a specified time
- once upon a time
- The traditional beginning of children’s stories, especially fairy tales
- one at a time
- Individually, as opposed to collectively; slowly or methodically, figuratively
One at a time, please! I can't hear you if you all talk at once.
