dead time
Noun
Meaning
dead time (countable and uncountable, plural dead times)
Alternative form of deadtime
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A faithful lifehacker would use technology to avoid dead time and move on to the entertaining, more gratifying activities as soon as possible.
A further limitation is the inability to measure high radiation rates due to the "dead time" of the tube.
IEEE later identified the 2-sample variance as the preferred measure. citation An early concern was related to time and frequency measurement instruments which had a dead time between measurements.
The introduction of zero dead time counters removed the need, but the bias analysis tools have proved useful.
The time between the stop event and the following start event becomes dead time during which the signal is not being observed.
This is the buzz which can sometimes be heard if a TDMA phone is left next to a radio or speakers. citation Another disadvantage is that the "dead time" between time slots limits the potential bandwidth of a TDMA channel.