TIMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does timing mean? 

• TIMING (noun)
  The noun TIMING has 2 senses:

1. the time when something happens

2. the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

  Familiarity information: TIMING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time when something happens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("timing" is a kind of...):

temporal arrangement; temporal order (arrangement of events in time)

Attribute:

preceding (existing or coming before)

succeeding (coming after or following)

early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)

middle (between an earlier and a later period of time)

late (being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time)

past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)

present (temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration)

future (yet to be or coming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timing"):

approach; approaching; coming (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time)

earliness (quality of coming early or earlier in time)

lateness (quality of coming late or later in time)

promptness; punctuality (the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time)

tardiness (the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time)

simultaneity; simultaneousness (happening or existing or done at the same time)

seasonableness; timeliness (being at the right time)

unseasonableness; untimeliness (being at an inappropriate time)

pastness (the quality of being past)

futurity (the quality of being in or of the future)

nowness; presentness (the quality of being the present)

lead; spark advance (the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine)

Derivation:

time (assign a time for an activity or event)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("timing" is a kind of...):

regulating; regulation (the act of controlling or directing according to rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "timing"):

coordination (the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation)

 Context examples 

She may have been two-timing you with another client, who also bids and wins the house.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The timing of a second head injury may determine whether the meninges can be repaired.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)

The timing, architecture and patterns of gene activity reflected that of natural embryo development.

(Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’ created from stem cells, University of Cambridge)

The upper limit on timing values to be included in the calculation of Lambda z.

(Lambda Z Time Upper Limit, NCI Thesaurus)

The findings, predict that this shift in snowmelt timing each spring could result in a 45 percent reduction of snowmelt period forest carbon by mid-century.

(Earlier snowmelt decreases streamflow, reduces forests' ability to regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide, NSF)

A state of an activity in relation to its execution, timing, objective(s) or other quantitative or qualitative parameter(s).

(Activity Status, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers say the migration indexes can help address a gap in scientists' knowledge about the cues birds use to fine-tune migration timing in response to climate.

(Seasonality of bird migration responds to environmental cues, NSF)

Using dated before-and-after images, researchers determined the timing of this activity coincided with seasonal carbon-dioxide frost and temperatures that would not have allowed for liquid water.

(NASA spacecraft observes further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, NASA)

The timing of the radar echoes, as they bounced off the canyons' edges and floors, provided a direct measure of their depths.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

Besides affecting weight, scientists believe the timing of food consumption affects one's circadian rhythms and may be the route by which dietary habits impact lifespan.

(Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)