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TIME INTERVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A definite length of time marked off by two instants
Synonyms:
interval; time interval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("time interval" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time interval"):
processing time (the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure)
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)
float (the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment)
period (the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon)
lead time (the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process)
cycle; rhythm; round (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs)
eternity (a seemingly endless time interval (waiting))
latency; latent period; reaction time; response time (the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it)
latent period (the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms)
interim; lag; meantime; meanwhile (the time between one event, process, or period and another)
interlude (an intervening period or episode)
break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
absence (the time interval during which something or somebody is away)
lunitidal interval (interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridian)
slot; time slot (a time assigned on a schedule or agenda)
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)
seek time ((computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track)
embolism; intercalation (an insertion into a calendar)
distance; space (the interval between two times)
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)
Context examples:
A capsule designed to release active and/or inert ingredient(s) slowly so as to achieve a constant circulating concentration of the ingredient over a 24 hour time interval.
(Capsule 24 Hour Sustained Release Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.
(Ingestive Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An event or sequence of events that constitute a round or succession of observable phenomena, recurring usually at regular or approximately regular time intervals and in the same sequence.
(Cycle, NCI Thesaurus)
In the research, mice that had never had cancer were treated with SA-4-1BBL alone, then challenged with cervical and lung cancer tumor cells at various time intervals.
(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A SI derived unit of activity of a radionuclide, equal to one nuclear disintegration or other nuclear transition from a particular energy state occurring in an amount of a radionuclide during one second-long time interval.
(Becquerel, NCI Thesaurus)
