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reference times

reference times is the plural of reference time.

Meaning of reference time

Noun

reference time (countable and uncountable, plural reference times)

  1. The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.
  2. The moment in time in which the speaker is using as the imagined or explicit reference point for an utterance.

Questions about reference times

What is reference times the plural of?
Reference times is the plural of reference time.

Words near reference times in the dictionary

  1. reference point
  2. reference points
  3. reference star
  4. reference stars
  5. reference time
  6. reference times
  7. reference type
  8. reference types
  9. reference variable
  10. reference variables
  11. reference work

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reference times (page history and authors); reference 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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