reaction time

noun

Psychology.

1. the interval between stimulation and response.

reaction time

noun

1. physiol another name for latent time

Word History and Origins

Origin of reaction time¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

“Baseball is good hands-eye coordination and because I’m a defensive linemen I use my hands a lot. Seeing a baseball, the reaction time is like an offensive lineman using their hands.”

From Los Angeles Times

Many of Liquid's top players live and train in the building, where an on-site chef provides three meals a day, all of them designed to boost concentration and reaction times.

From BBC

Bumrah somehow gets his hand about 40cm ahead of his front foot, cutting the distance between himself and the batter, thus reducing the batter's reaction time.

From BBC

It not only got him out of his prime hitting position, but also gave him a fraction-of-a-second less reaction time to read each pitch and make the right swing decision.

From Los Angeles Times

They identified 29 defined cell types, including immune cells that exhibited differences in their abundance and reaction time between age groups, and muscle stem cells that self-renew in youth but stall out as muscles age.

From Science Daily