down⋅time
/ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm/ 
Show Spelled Pronunciation [doun-tahym] Show IPA –noun | 1. | a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive. |
| 2. | an interval during which a machine is not productive, as during repair, malfunction, maintenance. |
| Main Entry: | dead time1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a period during which a person or thing is unproductive and inactive; downtime |
| Main Entry: | dead time2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in physics, the period after the recording of a particle or pulse when a detector does not record another |
| Usage: | science |
| Main Entry: | dead time3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the time lag between a stimulus and a response |
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