Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minimum seek time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: min-i-mum seek -time
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of time required to move the head of a disk drive from one track to the next.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

minimum seek times (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

maximum seek time

Synonyms

track-to-track seek time

Questions

What does minimum seek time mean?: The amount of time required to move the head of a disk drive from one track to the next.

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