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deadtime

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdtaɪm/

The English word “deadtime” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
  2. The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event.
  3. The serving of a prison sentence.

Etymology

From dead + time.

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