Meaning of deadtime | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.
   countable, uncountable
2. The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event.
   countable, uncountable
3. The serving of a prison sentence.
   slang, uncountable

Examples

“And I'll tell you something else, if you weren't a cop, I'd have you doin’ dead-time at Leavenworth, for life!”

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