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deadtime

/ˈdɛdtaɪm/

deadtime noun: the time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.

Noun

deadtime (countable and uncountable, plural deadtimes)

  1. The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
  2. The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event.
  3. (slang, uncountable) The serving of a prison sentence.
    • And I'll tell you something else, if you weren't a cop, I'd have you doin’ dead-time at Leavenworth, for life!1994, Danilo Bach, Daniel Petrie Jr, Steven E. de Souza, Beverly Hills Cop III, spoken by Steve Fulbright (Stephen McHattie)

deadtime meaning in Bengali

deadtime in Bengali

ঘটনার পরবর্তী সময়, কারাদণ্ড ভোগ করা

Forms of deadtime

pluraldeadtimes
alternative formdead time

Origin of deadtime

From dead + time.

Questions about deadtime

What does deadtime mean?
Deadtime means the time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
What is deadtime in Bengali?
Deadtime in Bengali is ঘটনার পরবর্তী সময়, কারাদণ্ড ভোগ করা. See Deadtime meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is deadtime?
Deadtime is a noun.
How do you pronounce deadtime?
Deadtime is pronounced /ˈdɛdtaɪm/.
What is the plural of deadtime?
The plural of deadtime is deadtimes.

Words near deadtime in the dictionary

  1. deadsticks
  2. deadstock
  3. deadstocked
  4. deadstocking
  5. deadstocks
  6. deadtime
  7. deadtimes
  8. deadverbal
  9. deadverbial
  10. deadvoice
  11. deadvoices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deadtime (page history and authors); deadtime (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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