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 |
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 |
multiplication times | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division, the product of two numbers is computed, the multiplication of four by three gives twelve, four times three equals twelve |
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 |
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 |
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 |
origin descent extraction | properties attributable to your ancestry, he comes from good origins |
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 |
origin | the point of intersection of coordinate axes, where the values of the coordinates are all zero |
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 |
message | a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled, he sent a three-word message |
phone message telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
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 |
commercial commercial message | a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television |
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 |
origin origination inception | an event that is a beginning, a first part or stage of subsequent events |
d lineage line line of descent descent bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry origin parentage stemma stockb | the descendants of one individual, his entire lineage has been warriors |
beginning origin root rootage source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
fatherland homeland motherland mother country country of origin native land | the country where you were born |
birthplace cradle place of origin provenance provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence, the birthplace of civilization |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
Times Square | the area of Manhattan around the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, heart of the New York theater district, site of annual celebration of New Year's |
double time | a doubled wage (for working overtime) |
time and a half | a rate of pay that is . times the regular rate, for overtime work |