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Definition of Timing

1. Noun. The time when something happens.

2. Noun. The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics).

Definition of Timing

1. Noun. (obsolete) An occurrence or event. ¹

2. Noun. The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events. ¹

3. Noun. The time when something happens. ¹

4. Noun. The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. ¹

5. Noun. An instance of recording the time of something. ¹

6. Verb. (present participle of time) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Timing

1. the selection of the proper moment for doing something [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Timing

timeworker timeworkers timeworks timeworn timezone timezones timid timider timidest timidities

timidity timidly timidness timidnesses timidous timing (current term) timing belt timing belts timing is everything timings

timist timists timmer timmers timnodonic timnodonic acid timocracies timocracy timocrat timocratic

Literary usage of Timing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"IGNITION timing: Advance and Retard of Spark. Relation of Time of Spark to Combustion. Relation of Spark to Speed. Relation between Piston, Armature, ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"'IGNITION timing : Advance and Retard of Spark. Relation of Time of Spark to Combustion. Relation of Spark to Speed. Relation Between Piston, Armature, ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"This latter is accomplished by the angular movement of the timing lever. This movement gives a timing range of about 35 degrees. The spark is fully retarded ..."

4. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"The differences arise in information capacity, timing, and accuracy. Information-Capacity Differences An overview of the different information capacities ..."

5. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1896)
"Crossley-s timing Arrangement Fig. 143 is a side elevation, fig, 144 front elevation ... 145 a plan of timing arrangement used by Messrs. Crossley Brothers. ..."

6. The Gasoline Automobile by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"CHAPTER XVI Methods of Spark timing One of the undesirable features connected with conventional magnetos in which only the moment of opening the primary ..."

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