timing

See also: Timing and tímíng

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ

Noun

timing (countable and uncountable, plural timings)

  1. (countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
  4. (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
  5. (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.

Derived terms
terms derived from timing
  • active timing
  • attack timing
  • back-timing
  • basic ignition timing
  • basic timing
  • color timing
  • comic timing
  • computer-controlled timing
  • continuous variable valve timing
  • dynamic ignition timing
  • ignition timing
  • market timing
  • sequential valve timing
  • signal timing
  • stress timing
  • syllable timing
  • targa timing
  • target timing
  • timing belt
  • timing chain
  • valve timing
  • variable cam timing
  • variable valve timing

Translations

Verb

timing

  1. present participle of time

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing

  1. a type of fish trap

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English timing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯.mɪŋ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ming

Noun

timing m (plural timings)

  1. timing (synchronisation; regulation of pace or time)

French

Noun

timing m (plural timings)

  1. synchronization
  2. pace
  3. timing

Portuguese

Etymology

From English timing.

Noun

timing m (uncountable)

  1. timing (time when something happens)

Spanish

Etymology

From English timing.

Noun

timing m (uncountable)

  1. timing (time when something happens)
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