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  • 81time*/*/*/ — [taɪm] noun I 1) [U] the quantity that is measured in minutes, hours, days, years etc Einstein tried to define the relationship between space and time.[/ex] Time seemed to pass more quickly than before.[/ex] 2) [singular/U] the hours, minutes etc …

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  • 82short-term — /ˈʃɔt tɜm / (say shawt term) adjective 1. covering a comparatively short period of time. 2. having a maturity within a comparatively short time: a short term loan …

  • 83time — /taɪm / (say tuym) noun 1. the system of those relations which any event has to any other as past, present, or future; indefinite continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration regarded as belonging to the… …

  • 84short-timer — “+ə(r) noun Etymology: from the phrase short time + er : one that serves for a short time; especially : short termer …

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  • 85time —   Wā, manawa, au; hola (o clock).   See times.   Also: hanana, la a, la ahia; ano (in songs); mawa (rare); pale, lele (time interval in music).     At a time, pā (followed by a numeral).     At the time that, i, iā, i … hana.     At the time that …

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  • 86Time-frequency representation — A time frequency representation (TFR) is a view of a signal (taken to be a function of time) represented over both time and frequency. Time frequency analysis means analysis of a TFR. TFRs are often complex valued fields over time and frequency,… …

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  • 87short-term — ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Short term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future. Investors weren t concerned about short term profits over the next few… …

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  • 88short-timer — /shawrt tuy meuhr/, n. Informal. a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty. [short time + ER1] * * * …

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  • 89Short-term memory — A system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Short term memory is involved in the selection, initiation, and termination of information… …

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  • 90short-lived — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transitory, impermanent, mortal, perishable, ephemeral, fugitive, evanescent; doomed. See transientness.Ant., longlived, permanent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. brief, momentary, temporary; see… …

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