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off time

noun off times · off-time · offtime

  1. countable, uncountable Time when one is not working. It was not the days of drudgery in the rice fields but the hours of off time that most shaped the contours of slave culture.
  2. countable, uncountable Time when the activity of a business is diminished; off-season. Most would be completed during the “off time” of our year, i.e., when there was minimum usage by tourists.
  3. countable, uncountable The time interval when no current flows. Usually, a clock waveform used in a system is a square wave. Occasionally, rectangular waveform may also be used. The time period T is the sum of the on time and off time.
  4. countable, uncountable Time when the medication for a chronic condition is less effective in controlling symptoms. Frequently, the first "off" time is experienced after the longest delay between two doses of medication, which is usually between the last does in the evening and the first does in the morning.
  5. countable, uncountable The point in time when the official starter signals that a race begins, as distinct from the time the race is scheduled to start (post time). It is suggested that Rule VIII (c) requires that the drivers be on the track 5 minutes before off time, not post time, and that since off time can not be known until the race actually starts, the rule is meaningless.

adjective off-time · offtime

  1. alternative, not comparable Alternative form of off-time We do not want to minimize the painful off time feelings experienced by the younger men we interviewed.

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@misc{off_time_2026,
  title = {off time},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off%20time},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}