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primary times

primary times is the plural of primary time.

Meaning of primary time

Noun

primary time (countable and uncountable, plural primary times)

  1. The point in time when something is initiated; the start time.
    • When primary time is measured from the Earth it reaches bacck into astronomical and chemical history many millions or billions of years: and even then we are not certain that we have measured all of the time that has been spun off this side of the Primary Creation.2021, Ronald L. Numbers ·, Early Creationist Journals
  2. Time as directly experienced, as opposed to time as a measured amount, historical time, etc.
    • But by questioning the nature of primary time, unsuspected aspects of temporality come to the fore. What, Damascius wonders, can primary time be, "if not time's whole presence at once." He notices that "at different moments the present is different, although time per se is one and continuous.1990, Edith Wyschogrod, Saints and Postmodernism: Revisioning Moral Philosophy, page 94
  3. The amount of time in which a pilot is actively controlling the aircraft, excluding time flown while instructing and evaluating.

Questions about primary times

What is primary times the plural of?
Primary times is the plural of primary time.

Words near primary times in the dictionary

  1. primary tense
  2. primary tenses
  3. primary time
  4. primary time standard
  5. primary time standards
  6. primary times
  7. primary tooth
  8. primary transcript
  9. primary transcripts
  10. primary valence
  11. primary valences

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