time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
buying purchasing | the act of buying, buying and selling fill their days, shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge |
mail-order buying catalog buying | buying goods to be shipped through the mail |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
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 |
bill peak eyeshade visor vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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 |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
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 |
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 |
widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead |
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 |
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 |
time clip | an instance or single occasion for some event, this time he succeeded, he called four times, he could do ten at a clip |
peak crown crest top tip summit | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill), the view from the peak was magnificent, they clambered to the tip of Monadnock, the region is a few molecules wide at the summit |
vertex peak apex acme | the highest point (of something), at the peak of the pyramid |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
Adam's Peak Samanala | a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (, feet high) |
Communism Peak Mount Communism Stalin Peak Mount Garmo | the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains, near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (, feet high) |
Handies Peak | a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |
mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
North Peak | , feet high |
Pike's Peak | a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (, feet high) |
Pobeda Peak Pobedy Peak | a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (, feet high) |
Uncompahgre Peak | the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |