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deadtimes

deadtimes is the plural of deadtime.

Meaning of deadtime

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)

Questions about deadtimes

What is deadtimes the plural of?
Deadtimes is the plural of deadtime.

Words near deadtimes in the dictionary

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

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