elapsed time
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelapseandtime
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elapse
verb[I]
uk/iˈlæps/us/iˈlæps/
If time elapses, it ...
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time
noun
uk/taɪm/us/taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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Therefore, theelapsedtimesince the minimum rate is negatively correlated with the minimum rate.
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The velocities determined for eachelapsedtimewere then ensemble averaged.
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Theelapsedtimesince the beginning of the experiment is approximately the same in each case.
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However, usingelapsedtimewould produce a different, and perhaps bigger, set of problems.
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A video session consists of many video objects corresponding to a givenelapsedtime.
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In some cases, chronological order gives the right answer, and in others theelapsedtimedoes.
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Thiselapsedtimeis stored in an appropriate memory position, corresponding to the sonar receiver.
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No association was found between grief reactions and theelapsedtimesince the child's death.
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Thus, based onelapsedtime, we would incorrectly conclude that the two behaviors are different.
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Theelapsedtimefor the 2.54 cm of deionized water (non-constant head) to infiltrate the soil surface was recorded.
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A significant effect of time since disturbance would indicate a consistent linear response toelapsedtimefollowing a hurricane, regardless of identity.
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Elapsedtimein hundredths of a second, taken directly from the video tape display, was used to calculate linear velocities.
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We measuredelapsedtimefor the above commands for each benchmark under each of our simulation scripts, using the lowest memory size 'comfortable' for all scripts.
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The use of weights to account for the effects ofelapsedtimeand geographic proximity increases the substantive power of the contagion effect in theoretically predicted ways.
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Since service times are assumed to be exponentially distributed, the remaining time for a service completion is not affected by theelapsedtimein service.
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We resolved both the conceptual and practical problem by using a correlation technique t o define theelapsedtime.
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The study sites were chosen based on their flood history and theelapsedtimesince the last fire.
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