duration
physical quantity for describing the temporal distance between events
probation
court-ordered correctional supervision in the community; either community sentence (alternative to incarceration) or parole
reverberation time
time after which the sound energy density has fallen to a certain fraction of the initial value after the sound source has stopped emitting
time constant
measure for the response of a dynamic system to a change of the system input
mean lifetime
in nuclear physics, the reciprocal of the decay constant
cool early Earth
hypothesis which posits that for part of the Hadean eon, at the beginning of Earth's history (after the extreme conditions of 4.5±0.1 Ga ago, but before the LHB of 3.95±0.15 Ga ago), it had a modest bolide count and was cool, allowing liquid water
duration
the number of calendar periods from a project element execution starts to it is completed
valid time
in temporal databases, when an event happened in the real world
lifetime
duration of life for an organism
flight hours
aviation term referring to the total time spent piloting an aircraft
time control
Mechanism used in chess
Bit time
time it takes to send a bit from one network host to another
shelf life
length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use or consumption
settling time
time required for the output of an amplifier to stabilize
transaction time
in temporal databases, the point-in-time when data was loaded into the database
operating period
time between planned outages or maintenance periods
incubation period
time between an infection and the onset of disease symptoms
shutter speed
length of time when the film or digital sensor inside a camera is exposed to light
vowel length
duration of a vowel sound
Traveling time
term describing the time of traveling
day length
time taken for the Earth to make one complete revolution upon its axis, relative to a given geographical location
consultation hours
opening time of an office, medical or other service (german term)
residence time of water
mean time that water (or some dissolved substance) spends in a particular lake
length of stay
duration of a single episode of hospitalization
far-off
period during which cows don't produce milk
academic probation
period given to students with the goal of reversing serious academic or behavioral decline
educational year
number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage
sunshine duration
climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period
foaming
extraction of foam during fermentation
duration
aspect of music
age of a person
time elapsed since a person was born
exposure time
length of time a sensor or photographic film is exposed to light
doubling time
time required to double a quantity
mean free time
Fluid property
e-folding
time interval in which an exponentially growing quantity increases by a factor of e
rotational correlation time
measure of rotation of a molecule
gestation period
duration after fertilization but before parturition
conformal time
amount of time it would take a photon to travel from where we are located to the furthest observable distance provided the universe ceased expanding
half-life
mean duration after which a decaying quantity has reached half of its initial value
window period
in medicine, the time between first infection and detectability
high season
time of the year when an establishment or attraction is most popular and expensive
time of flight
time taken by an object, particle or wave (be it acoustic, electromagnetic, etc.) to travel a distance through a medium
end-to-end delay
time taken for a packet to be transmitted across a network from source to destination
Terminal dwell time
time a vehicle spends at a scheduled stop without moving