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INSENSITIVE TIME

Specialty Definition: INSENSITIVE TIME

DomainDefinition

Physics

The time interval after the initiation of a pulse caused by an ionising event, during which a Geiger-Mueller counter tube cannot respond to a further ionising event. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: INSENSITIVE TIME

Language Translations for "INSENSITIVE TIME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

dødtid (dead time, delay, paralysis time). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dode tijd (dead time, delay). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuollut aika (dead time). (various references)

   

French

  

temps mort (break in the work, inefficient spot). (various references)

   

German

  

Totzeit (dead time). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρόνος νεκρώσεως (dead time). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tempo morto (break in the work, dead time, delay, delay time, down time, time stood-off, waiting time). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

insensitiveay imetay

   

Portuguese

  

tempo morto (break in the work, dead time, delay, delay time, down time, free time, idle time, time stood-off, waiting time), tempo insensível (dead time). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tiempo muerto (time out). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dödtid (dead time, delay). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: INSENSITIVE TIME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-i-i-i-m-n-n-s-s-t-t-v"

-4 letters: insensitive, intensities, investments.

-5 letters: intensives, intestines, investment, sentiments.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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