Meaning of off time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Time when one is not working.
   countable, uncountable
2. Time when the activity of a business is diminished; off-season.
   countable, uncountable
3. The time interval when no current flows.
   countable, uncountable
4. Time when the medication for a chronic condition is less effective in controlling symptoms.
   countable, uncountable
5. The point in time when the official starter signals that a race begins, as distinct from the time the race is scheduled to start (post time).
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“It was not the days of drudgery in the rice fields but the hours of off time that most shaped the contours of slave culture.”

“It also robs us of the opportunity get away from the job and decompress during off time.”

“Most would be completed during the “off time” of our year, i.e., when there was minimum usage by tourists.”

“The computer program allows the cable operator to sell primetime spots for more money than off time.”

“Usually, a clock waveform used in a system is a square wave. Occasionally, rectangular waveform may also be used. The time period T is the sum of the on time and off time.”

“When the off time was 0 s, namely, the illumination is continuous, a black film was deposited.”

“Frequently, the first "off" time is experienced after the longest delay between two doses of medication, which is usually between the last does in the evening and the first does in the morning.”

“Adding an inhibitor of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), an enzyme involved in the breakdown of levodopa and dopamine, can help prolong the duration of action of levodopa and reduce OFF time.”

“It is suggested that Rule VIII (c) requires that the drivers be on the track 5 minutes before off time, not post time, and that since off time can not be known until the race actually starts, the rule is meaningless.”

“That meant if you didn't bet on the off time posted on the infield board the race went off anyways.”

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