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time controls

time controls is the plural of time control.

Meaning of time control

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

Questions about time controls

What is time controls the plural of?
Time controls is the plural of time control.

Words near time controls in the dictionary

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

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