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dead time

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dead time [′ded ‚tīm]
(control systems)
The time interval between a change in the input signal to a process control system and the response to the signal.
(engineering)
The time interval, after a response to one signal or event, during which a system is unable to respond to another. Also known as insensitive time.


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It was the dead time of the night, and all was quiet.
But then it was such a dead time of year, no wild-fowl, no game, and the Lady Frasers were not in the country.
 
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