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Deadline vs Deadtime - What's the difference?

deadline | deadtime |

As nouns the difference between deadline and deadtime

is that deadline is a date on or before which something must be completed while deadtime is the time between a change in a signal and the response to that change.

As a verb deadline

is to render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

deadline

English

(wikipedia deadline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A date on or before which something must be completed.
    • I must make this deadline or my boss will ''kill'' me!
  • (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
  • (archaic) A line that does not move. (rfex)
  • (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

    • Verb

    (deadlin)
  • (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
    • ----

    deadtime

    English

    Alternative forms

    *dead time

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change
  • The time, after an event, during which a system cannot respond to a second event

    • Anagrams

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