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time-sensitive

time-sensitive adjective: sensitive to latency or small variations in time; time-critical.

Adjective

time-sensitive (comparative more time-sensitive, superlative most time-sensitive)

  1. Sensitive to latency or small variations in time; time-critical.
  2. Reliant on a deterministic ordering in time; time-dependent.
  3. Urgent.
    • For bulk freight, services are less time-sensitive and may not be regarded as essential, although there could be exceptions, such as the movement of biomass and the residual coal demand for power stations.2023 January 25, 'Industry Insider', “Minimum service levels”, in RAIL, number 975, page 68

Forms of time-sensitive

comparativemore time-sensitive
superlativemost time-sensitive

Questions about time-sensitive

What does time-sensitive mean?
Time-sensitive means sensitive to latency or small variations in time; time-critical.
What part of speech is time-sensitive?
Time-sensitive is an adjective.

Words near time-sensitive in the dictionary

  1. time-saver
  2. time-savers
  3. time-saving
  4. time-scale
  5. time-scales
  6. time-sensitive
  7. time-series animation
  8. time-series animations
  9. time-served
  10. time-server
  11. time-servers

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