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time control

time control noun: a mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.

Noun

time control (plural time controls)

  1. (especially) A mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.
  2. A point in the game in which the parameters of the time limits increase, especially in classical chess.
    • Smyslov was a piece up against him with two moves to go before time control when he missed three winning lines and drew.2014, Andrew Soltis, Soviet Chess 1917-1991, page 243

Forms of time control

pluraltime controls

Questions about time control

What does time control mean?
Time control means a mechanism in the tournament play of two-player board games in which each player has a set amount of time per game; the specific parameters of such a mechanism.
What part of speech is time control?
Time control is a noun.
What is the plural of time control?
The plural of time control is time controls.

Words near time control in the dictionary

  1. time compressions
  2. time constant
  3. time constants
  4. time constraint
  5. time constraints
  6. time control
  7. time controls
  8. time cop
  9. time cops
  10. time copy
  11. time course

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