Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reference time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
ref-er-ence -time
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The moment in time in which the speaker is using as the imagined or explicit reference point for an utterance.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

reference times (plural)

Questions

What does reference time mean?
The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.

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