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TIME-RELEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does time-release mean?
• TIME-RELEASE (adjective)
The adjective TIME-RELEASE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to a preparation that gradually releases an active substance (especially a drug) over a period of time
Familiarity information: TIME-RELEASE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a preparation that gradually releases an active substance (especially a drug) over a period of time
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
release (a process that liberates or discharges something)
Context examples
These are especially important in the production of time-release products.
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