TIME INTERVAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does time interval mean?
• TIME INTERVAL (noun)
The noun TIME INTERVAL has 1 sense:
1. a definite length of time marked off by two instants
Familiarity information: TIME INTERVAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TIME INTERVAL (noun)
Meaning:
A definite length of time marked off by two instants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
interval; time interval
Hypernyms ("time interval" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time interval"):
access time ((computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive)
latent period (the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms)
latency; latent period; reaction time; response time (the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it)
eternity (a seemingly endless time interval (waiting))
cycle; rhythm; round (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs)
lead time (the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process)
period (the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon)
float (the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment)
latency; rotational latency ((computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head)
interim; lag; meantime; meanwhile (the time between one event, process, or period and another)
interlude (an intervening period or episode)
distance; space (the interval between two times)
embolism; intercalation (an insertion into a calendar)
seek time ((computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track)
time constant ((electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude)
slot; time slot (a time assigned on a schedule or agenda)
lunitidal interval (interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridian)
absence (the time interval during which something or somebody is away)
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
processing time (the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure)
