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  • 91time — I. n. 1. Duration. 2. Spell, season, interval, term, while, span, space of time. 3. Period, age, era, epoch, date, term. 4. Delivery, parturition, confinement, hour of travail, period of childbirth. 5. Fit season, proper time, opportunity, season …

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  • 92time of life — noun a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period • Hyponyms: ↑summer, ↑age, ↑eld, ↑ …

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  • 93Time Series — A sequence of numerical data points in successive order, usually occurring in uniform intervals. In plain English, a time series is simply a sequence of numbers collected at regular intervals over a period of time. Time series analysis can be… …

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  • 94Period prevalence — In epidemiology, Period prevalence is the proportion of the population with a given disease or condition over a specific period of time. It could describe how many people in a population had a cold over the cold season in 2006, for example.It is… …

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  • 95time charter — noun : a contract for the cargo space of a manned ship for a specified period * * * time charter noun A hire agreement valid for a specified period of time • • • Main Entry: ↑time * * * time charter, 1. a contract for the hiring of a ship, or… …

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  • 96time lag — noun time during which some action is awaited instant replay caused too long a delay he ordered a hold in the action • Syn: ↑delay, ↑hold, ↑postponement, ↑wait • Derivationally related forms: ↑wait …

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  • 97time-lapse — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the noun time lapse : of, relating to, or constituting a motion picture taken at a speed slower than normal but usually projected at a normal speed so that a slow action (as the opening of a flower bud)… …

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  • 98time interval — noun A period of time with fixed, well defined limits. Syn: interval, period, span, time, time period, time span, timespan …

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  • 99time of year — noun one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions (Freq. 1) the regular sequence of the seasons • Syn: ↑season • Hypernyms: ↑time period, ↑period of time, ↑period …

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  • 100period — noun 1) a six week period Syn: time, spell, interval, stretch, term, span, phase, bout, run, duration, chapter, stage; while, patch 2) the postwar period Syn …

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