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1timing — See: market timing * * * timing UK US /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/ noun ► [C or U] the time at which an activity or event starts or happens, or is planned to start or happen: »Timing and location are crucial when opening a new business. the timing of sth »The… …
2Mass start — Start of the Vienna City Marathon 2004 Mass start is a format of starting in some events in athletics (track and field), such as a marathon race or a long distance cross country skiing competition. There are usually a large number of competitors… …
3Transponder timing — A Jaguar finish line with Jaguar (Innovative Timing Systems) which utilizes RFID technology through overhead antennas and passive, disposable chips …
4Building Integrated Timing Supply — (BITS), also called Building Integrated Timing System, is a method for distributing a precision clock among telecommunications equipment. The physical medium is a T1/E1 (DS1) line. Faster networks depend on accurate timing. As the number of bits… …
5Variable valve timing — Variable valve timing, or VVT, is a generic term for an automobile piston engine technology. VVT allows the lift or duration or timing (some or all) of the intake or exhaust valves (or both) to be changed while the engine is in operation. Two… …
6Market timing — is the strategy of making buy or sell decisions of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction may be based on an outlook of market or economic conditions resulting from technical or… …
7Targa timing — (not to be confused with target timing) is a system of timing used in car rallying. It was invented by John Brown, the Clerk of the Course for the Targa Rusticana , a road rally that used to be run in the United Kingdom in the 1960s by Oumdc… …
8Hard start — A hard start is a rocketry term referring to an explosion of a rocket engine at ignition.Rocket ignitionRocket fuels, hypergolic or otherwise, must be mixed in the right quantities to have a controlled rate of production of hot gas. A hard start… …
9New START — / СНВ III Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms Договор между Российской Федерацией и Соединёнными Штатами Америки о мерах по… …
10Academic quarter (class timing) — An academic quarter (German: Akademisches Viertel, Swedish: akademisk kvart (ak) or aq) is the quarter hour (15 minute) period of time discrepancy between the defined start time for a lecture or lesson ( per schema ) and the actual starting time …
