response time
Americannoun
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Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
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Computers. the time that elapses while waiting for a computer to respond to a command.
noun
Etymology
Origin of response time
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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According to data recently released by the city in a public records request, the average response time for the department for a Priority 2 was more than two hours as recently as March.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
At venues where the plan has been implemented, the "incident response time has been reduced from minutes to seconds", says Allen.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
"Our approach cleverly integrates near-perfect absorbers and super-thin pyroelectrics to achieve a response time of 125 picoseconds, which is a huge improvement for the field."
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
He added that state and local police have improved their response time to removing protest barricades and driving away protesters trying to disrupt DHS operations.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
And that the same results are obtained each time the experiment is repeated under similar conditions, shows that this recording of the response time is a scientific phenomenon.
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
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