response time
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.
noun
The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.
noun
The period of time between a request for a service and the associated response; typically the request is caused by a user at a terminal hitting the return key, and the response is displayed on a screen.
Example Sentences
- "Professor G. Fano (Florence), after accurately determining the "latent period," or "response time," following faradic stimulation of a given motor area"
- "the average response time on a call was 3.1 minutes"