timing
NounUS[tahy-ming]/ˈtaɪmɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)timings
- the time when something happensType of temporal arrangement, temporal orderKinds punctuality, presentness, seasonableness, pastness, simultaneity, earliness, spark advance, unseasonableness, futurity, tardiness +2 moreAttribute of preceding, succeeding, early, middle +4 more
- the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)Type of regulation, regulatingKinds coordination
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“timing” is listed under Time.
Time (tīm), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Timed (tīmd); present participle & verbal noun Timing.]
1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke.— Joseph Addison
He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries.— William Shakespeare
3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54