Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept TimeDuration

More specialized WordNet synsets

attention span
the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity
age norm
the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear
time period, period, period of time, amount of time
an indefinite length of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of his recovery"
biological time
the time of various biological processes
hours
an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"
time
an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"
musical time
the beat of musical rhythm
round-trip light time, RTLT
the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
one-way light time, OWLT
the elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object
clocking
the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a world record clocking"
time scale
an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration; "on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment"
value, time value, note value
(music) the relative duration of a musical note
extended time scale, slow time scale
(in simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
fast time scale
(in simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
turnaround, turnaround time
time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
shelf life
the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating
life expectancy
an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
time unit, unit of time
a unit for measuring time periods
terrestrial time, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
mean time, mean solar time
(astronomy) time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator)
year
a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
semester
half a year; a period of 6 months
bimester
a period of 2 months
month
a time unit of 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
lustrum
a period of five years
decade, decennary, decennium
a period of 10 years
century
100 years
half-century
50 years
quarter-century
25 years
quarter
a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month
the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
sidereal time
measured by the diurnal motion of stars
anomalistic month
period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days
day
the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"
lunar day
the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days)
solar month
one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year
sidereal month
period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days
time limit
a time period within which something must be done or completed
gestation, gestation period
the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
bell, ship's bell
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
half-hour, 30 minutes
a half of an hour
quarter-hour, 15 minutes
a quarter of an hour
regulation time
(sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game; "the game was finished in regulation time"
great year, Platonic year
time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years
quarter
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
picosecond
one trillionth of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond
millisecond, msec
one thousandth of a second
attosecond
one quintillionth of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond
femtosecond
one quadrillionth of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond
nanosecond
one billionth of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
microsecond
one millionth of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
eon, aeon
the longest division of geological time; two or more eras
wee
(Scottish) a short time; "bide a wee"
while, piece, spell
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"
moment, minute, second, bit
an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
generation
the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
seek time
(computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track
track-to-track seek time
(computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to an adjacent data track
time constant
(electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude
latent period
the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms
reaction time, response time, latency, latent period
the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
half life
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
relaxation time
the time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
spacing
the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children"
indiction
a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
float
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
incubation period
the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease
running time
the length of time that a movie or tv show runs
clotting time
the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot; used to diagnose some clotting disorders
rotational latency, latency
(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
processing time
the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure; "they increased output by decreasing processing time"
command processing overhead time, command processing overhead, command overhead, overhead
(computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
civil
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
sidereal
(of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars; "sidereal time"
bimestrial
two months long; lasting two months
daylong
lasting through an entire day
nightlong, overnight
lasting through or extending over the whole night; "a nightlong vigil"; "an overnight trip"
seasonal
occurring at or dependent on a particular season; "seasonal labor"; "a seasonal rise in unemployment"
year-round, year-around
operating or continuing throughout the year; "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job"
millennial, millennian
relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
centennial, centenary
of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration"
bicentennial, bicentenary
of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration"
tricentenary, tricentennial
of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years
quincentennial, quincentenary
of or relating to a 500th anniversary; "the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city"
elapsed
(of time) having passed or slipped by: "elapsed time"
fortnightly, biweekly
every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly"
biennially
every two years; "this festival takes places biennially"
biannually
twice a year; "we hold our big sale biannually"
centennially
every hundred years; once in a century; "the birthday of this city is being celebrated centennially"
half-hourly
every thirty minutes, every half hour
half-yearly
every half year, every six months

Instance WordNet synsets

night
the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"