Phrase info

T-minus

Meaning

T-minus

(aerospace) Specifies the remaining time until some future event (takeoff, encounter, etc.).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was supposed to launch at 9:17 a.m. EDT (1317 GMT) Thursday, but the countdown stopped at T-minus 18 seconds due to an unexpected reading from a ground sensor, SpaceX said. Source: Internet

T-minus one week until the Season 5 premiere! Source: Internet

Then a reminder pops up that it’s your mom’s birthday in T-minus two days but, oh hey, Boxed has a has a fresh flowers section? Source: Internet

We are T-minus five days from E3—four if you count EA’s whole “totally-not-at-E3” event as the beginning of festivities—so why’d Bungie reveal its big expansion today? Source: Internet

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