elapsed time
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3.4
- noun
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tiempo transcurrido
- Mission Elapsed Time: four days, six hours, 33 minutes.
- calculate the elapsed time
- recorded the elapsed time
So what happens is it takes a measurement, it has to take two measurements to figure out what the elapsed time is, to find out what the actual time is.
- So what happens is it takes a measurement, it has to take two measurements to figure out what the elapsed time is, to find out what the actual time is.
Examples
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In addition, the strength of prediction decreased as the elapsed time between the administration of predictive measures and outcome assessments increased.
Academic text (2015) -
The timing device that was concealed from the participants' view throughout the session recorded the amount of elapsed time.
Academic text (2000) -
I do not know the elapsed time.
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If you get one answer wrong, I double your elapsed time as a penalty.
Fiction book (2002) -
The elapsed time clock indicates six minutes remaining on the additional ten minutes.
Fiction book (1996) -
The presentation displays the local speed and temperature of the particle, as well as the elapsed time from its release.
Academic text (1999) -
The difference between competitive and noncompetitive elapsed times for each stage was compared in Table 3.
Academic text (1993) -
Twenty-three hours elapsed time, which would make it 1 p.m. your time.
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The time indicated on each image shows the elapsed time since water was initially introduced to the basins.
Academic text (1998) -
The coach recorded the elapsed time for each player during the race.
Synonyms
589
2.5
The time between two events
104
2.8
How long something lasts
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2.2
A length of time that includes certain events
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3.1
A fixed period when something happens or is expected to happen
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3.3
A period between two events that you can measure
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3.4
A period of time between a start and an end
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'amount of time that has passed' is directly built from 'elapsed' (having passed) + 'time' (continuum of moments); there is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical extension. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The compound noun elapsed time comes from a simple image: imagine sand falling in an hourglass as time moves from one side to the other. The word elapsed means 'has passed' and time is what moved, so elapsed time is the amount of time that has passed between two moments.