Meaning

4 senses
  1. The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.

    the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

  2. The time taken for a person (or human-controlled system) to respond to a request.

  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.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The response time was amazing.

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  2. The maximum response time is listed in the specification.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: response times
Singularresponse time
Pluralresponse times

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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