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Definition: Reaction Time |
Reaction TimeNoun1. The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | In human engineering, the interval between an input signal (physiological) or a stimulus (psychophysiological) and the response elicited by the signal. (references) |
Health | The time from the onset of a stimulus until the organism responds. (references) |
Medicine | Measurement of the time between the onset of sound emission and a predetermined voluntary motor response(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Reaction TimeSynonyms: latency (n), latent period (n), response time (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Reaction Time |
| English words defined with "reaction time": Psychophysical time. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reaction time": Adjustment Disorders, auditory reaction time ♦ blender operator ♦ CD-REACTOR OPERATOR, HEAD ♦ ignition delay, INSPECTOR, PLATING ♦ lag-time ♦ MIXER OPERATOR I, mixing-house operator ♦ Newton's laws of motion ♦ photon engine ♦ REACTOR OPERATOR, TEST-AND-RESEARCH ♦ sample tester, SINGING MESSENGER. (references) |
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Health | Because of the drug's effects on perceptions and reaction time, users could be involved in auto crashes. (references) | |
Those with poorer metabolic control, i.e., elevated Phe levels, show significantly lower scores on measures of IQ, attention, and reaction time. Similarly, levels of Phe show moderate relationships with performance on measures of cognitive functions and the presence of behavioral difficulties. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "reaction time": auditory reaction time ♦ personnel reaction time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reaction time | 56 |
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human reaction time | 4 |
drag racing reaction time | 4 |
age reaction time | 4 |
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experiment reaction time | 2 |
choice reaction time | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reaction time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | reaktionstid (delay, delay period, delay time), auditiv reaktionstid (auditory reaction time). (various references) | |
Dutch | reactietijd (preconditioning time, reflex latency, reflex time), auditieve reaktietijd (auditory reaction time), aanspreektijd. (various references) | |
Finnish | pidentynyt reaktioaika (increased reaction time). (various references) | |
French | temps de réponse (response lag), temps de réflexe (reflex latency, reflex time), temps de réaction auditive (auditory reaction time), temps de réaction (auditory reaction time), seconde de réaction. (various references) | |
German | Schrecksekunde. (various references) | |
Greek | χρόνος αντίδρασης. (various references) | |
Hungarian | személyi állomány reagálási ideje (personnel reaction time). (various references) | |
Italian | tempo di reazione uditiva (auditory reaction time), durata di risposta. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eactionray imetay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tempo de reacção (reflex latency, reflex time). (various references) | |
Spanish | tiempo de reacción. (various references) | |
Swedish | förlängd reaktionstid (increased reaction time). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-m-n-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: actinometer, interatomic, metrication. | |
-2 letters: antiemetic, antierotic, marionette, meteoritic, recitation, remittance. | |
-3 letters: anticrime, carnotite, cremation, criminate, emittance, intimater, intricate, iteration, itinerate, manicotti, manticore, mortician, octameter, orientate, terminate, triatomic, tricotine. | |
-4 letters: amitotic, amniotic, amoretti, anoretic, antimere, antiriot, carotene, centiare, citation, coinmate, contrite, creatine, creation, erection, eremitic, imitator, increate, inertiae, interact, intercom, intermit, intertie, intimate, intromit, iterance, martinet, meteoric, morainic, neoteric, reaction, reincite, reticent, retinite, romantic, taconite, tenorite, termitic, traction, trecento. | |
-5 letters: acetone, aconite, airtime, amniote, amorini, arenite, ariette, carmine, carotin, catmint, cattier, cementa, centare, centime, centimo, ceratin, certain, citator, citrate, citrine, cittern, cointer, comitia, coremia, corneae, coterie, cottier, creatin, cremate, crenate, crinite, eirenic, emerita, emeriti, emirate, emitter, enactor, encomia, enteric, enticer, entreat, erotica, etamine, imitate, inciter, incomer, inertia, interim, intimae, intreat, introit, iterant, iterate, mantric, martini, matinee, meatier, meiotic, menacer, minaret, mincier, minicar, minorca, mintier, mitotic, moraine, mortice, nattier, nematic, neritic, nettier, nictate, niterie, nitrate, nitrite, nittier, noritic, noticer, ocreate, omitter, oneiric, onetime, raiment, ratteen, reenact, retinae, ricotta, romaine, romance, tacrine, taction, tantric, teatime, tentier, termini, termite, ternate, tertian, tetanic, titanic, titmice, tomenta, tonearm, tonemic, tonetic, torment, totemic, trainee, tritoma, tritone. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-m-n-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: actinometries. | |
+3 letters: codetermination. | |
+4 letters: codeterminations, intercommunicate, magnetostrictive. | |
+5 letters: antiferromagnetic, complementarities, contemporaneities, immunoprecipitate, immunotherapeutic, intercommunicated, intercommunicates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 61 63 74 69 6F 6E 54 69 6D 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e a c t i o n   T i m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0061 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0054 0069 006D 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271676986758180254757971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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