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noun

Electronics. an interval during which an actuating signal produces no response.

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Origin of dead time

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby dead time

dead spindle, dead spot, dead-stick landing, dead stock, dead storage, dead time, dead tired, dead to rights, dead to the world, dead-tree, dead water

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Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
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But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
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The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.
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As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
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I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.
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British Dictionary definitions for dead time

dead time

noun

electronics the interval of time immediately following a stimulus, during which an electrical device, component, etc, is insensitive to a further stimulus

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