deadtime

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Synonyms: dead time, daytime, deadline, bedtime, seedtime, lead time, mealtime, dreamtime, deadname, dead ice, endtime, deadlike

Antonyms: dead time, daytime, deadline, bedtime, seedtime, lead time, mealtime, dreamtime, deadname, dead ice, endtime, deadlike

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Noun

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

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