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response times

response times is the plural of response time.

Meaning of response time

Noun

response time (plural response times)

  1. The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.
    • Professor G. Fano (Florence), after accurately determining the "latent period," or "response time," following faradic stimulation of a given motor area1896, The medical chronicle, page 136
  2. The time taken for a person (or human-controlled system) to respond to a request.
    • the average response time on a call was 3.1 minutes1931 September 2, “Police Praise Radio as Best Crime Weapon”, in Chicago Tribune
  3. The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.
  4. The period of time between a request for a service and the associated response; typically the request is caused by a user at a terminal hitting the return key, and the response is displayed on a screen.

Questions about response times

What is response times the plural of?
Response times is the plural of response time.

Words near response times in the dictionary

  1. responsaries
  2. responsary
  3. response
  4. response inhibition
  5. response time
  6. response times
  7. responseless
  8. responselessness
  9. responser
  10. responsers
  11. responses

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