response time (English, noun)
expansion: response time (plural response times)
Senses:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The period of time between the application of a stimulus and the associated response from a cell or tissue.
glosses: The time taken for a person (or human-controlled system) to respond to a request.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The period of time between a request for a service and the associated response; typically the request is caused by a user at a terminal hitting the return key, and the response is displayed on a screen.
Forms:
form: response times
tags: plural