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TIMES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
Example:
four times three equals twelve
Synonyms:
multiplication; times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("times" is a kind of...):
arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A more or less definite period of time now or previously present
Example:
it was a sign of the times
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("times" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "times"):
contemporary world; modern times; modern world; present times (the circumstances and ideas of the present age)
Roman times (the time period during which Rome dominated Europe)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb time
Context examples:
Minutes times grams per milliliter, divided by kilograms.
(Minute Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)
Minutes times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).
(Minute Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Minutes times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by grams (dose or weight).
(Minute Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Gram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Minutes times micrograms per milliliter, divided by kilograms.
(Minute Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus)
Days times femtograms per milliliter (area under the curve).
(Day Times Femtogram per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
You must think one five hundred million times more above me than the other.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He is very weak. We see him fall down many times in the snow.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Minutes times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).
(Minute Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
More ACTH is made during times of stress.
(ACTH, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Several times they encountered solitary wolves.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
