timing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings)
- (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
- (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- The key to telling a good joke is timing.
- The officials used the latest technology to ensure timing down to the nearest millisecond.
- (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
- perfect timing
- (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
Derived terms edit
terms derived from timing
- active timing
- attack timing
- back-timing
- basic ignition timing
- basic timing
- color timing
- comic timing
- computer-controlled timing
- continuous variable valve timing
- dynamic ignition timing
- ignition timing
- market timing
- sequential valve timing
- signal timing
- stress timing
- syllable timing
- targa timing
- target timing
- timing belt
- timing chain
- timing is everything
- valve timing
- variable cam timing
- variable valve timing
- watch timing machine
Descendants edit
Translations edit
the regulation of the pace
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time when something happens
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synchronization of the spark plugs
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instance of recording the time
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Verb edit
timing
- present participle and gerund of time
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ti‧ming
Noun edit
timing
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Chinese edit
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timing
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) timing (the time when something happens)
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Pronunciation edit
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timing m (plural timings)
- timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time)
Related terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
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timing m (plural timings)
Further reading edit
- “timing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English timing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
timing m (uncountable)
- timing (time when something happens)
Romanian edit
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timing n (plural timinguri)
Declension edit
Declension of timing
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) timing | timingul | (niște) timinguri | timingurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) timing | timingului | (unor) timinguri | timingurilor |
vocative | timingule | timingurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English timing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
timing m (uncountable)
- timing (time when something happens)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.