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lock-time

lock-time is the alternative form of lock time.

Meaning of lock time

Noun

lock time (plural lock times)

  1. The time, usually measured in milliseconds, from when the trigger is pulled until the firing pin strikes the primer.

Forms of lock-time

plurallock-times

Questions about lock-time

What is lock-time the alternative form of?
Lock-time is the alternative form of lock time.

Words near lock-time in the dictionary

  1. lock-pick
  2. lock-picked
  3. lock-picking
  4. lock-picks
  5. lock-step
  6. lock-time
  7. lock-times
  8. lock-up
  9. lock-ups
  10. lock-weir
  11. lock-weirs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lock-time (page history and authors); lock time (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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