time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
display exhibit showing | something shown to the public, the museum had many exhibits of oriental art |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
case display case showcase vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
computer screen computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
digital display alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
display presentation | a visual representation of something |
display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
display adapter display adaptor | (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display |
display panel display board board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
display window shop window shopwindow show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
flat panel display FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
liquid crystal display LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
passive matrix display | a type of LCD display used for some portable computers, parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized, passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
visual display unit VDU | (British) British term for video display |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
space-time space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
time signature musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
display show | something intended to communicate a particular impression, made a display of strength, a show of impatience, a good show of looking interested |
display | exhibiting openly in public view, a display of courage |
display | behavior that makes your feelings public, a display of emotion |
good time blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
time | a person's experience on a particular occasion, he had a time holding back the tears, they had a good time together |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |