AGAINST TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does against time mean? 

• AGAINST TIME (adverb)
  The adverb AGAINST TIME has 1 sense:

1. as fast as possible; before a deadline

  Familiarity information: AGAINST TIME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGAINST TIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As fast as possible; before a deadline

Synonyms:

against the clock; against time

Context example:

it was a race against the clock

 Context examples 

Increased area under the plot of plasma concentration of a concomitant drug against time after its administration.

(Increased Concomitant Drug AUC, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased area under the plot of plasma concentration of a drug against time after drug administration.

(Increased Drug AUC, NCI Thesaurus)

A visual depiction of a survival function for survival data consisting of a series of horizontal steps of declining magnitude plotted against time.

(Kaplan Meier Survival Plot, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased area under the plot of plasma concentration of a drug against time after drug administration.

(Decreased Drug AUC, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased area under the plot of plasma concentration of a concomitant drug against time after its administration.

(Decreased Concomitant Drug AUC, NCI Thesaurus)

In the field of pharmacokinetics, the area under the curve (AUC) is the area under the curve in a plot of concentration of a drug in plasma against time.

(Area Under Curve, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the curve of a plot of drug concentration eliminated in urine against time.

(Area Under Urinary Excretion Rate Curve, NCI Thesaurus)

The three men surrounded Martin, all talking admiringly and at once, until it seemed to him that they were talking against time for a wager.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)