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  • 21Time War (Doctor Who) — The Last Great Time War Date Throughout time Location Time Vortex Gallifrey Skaro Result Mutual destruction of Time Lords and Daleks …

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  • 22time — time1 [ taım ] noun *** ▸ 1 quantity clock measures ▸ 2 period ▸ 3 occasion/moment ▸ 4 time available/needed ▸ 5 how fast music is played ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the quantity that you measure using a clock: Time seemed to pass more quickly than… …

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  • 23time — /taɪm / (say tuym) noun 1. the system of those relations which any event has to any other as past, present, or future; indefinite continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another. 2. duration regarded as belonging to the… …

  • 24time — The measure of duration. The word is expressive both of a precise point or terminus and of an interval between two points. A point in or space of duration at or during which some fact is alleged to have been committed. See also computation of… …

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  • 25Period prevalence — In epidemiology, Period prevalence is the proportion of the population with a given disease or condition over a specific period of time. It could describe how many people in a population had a cold over the cold season in 2006, for example.It is… …

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  • 26time — n. & v. n. 1 the indefinite continued progress of existence, events, etc., in past, present, and future regarded as a whole. 2 a the progress of this as affecting persons or things (stood the test of time). b (Time) (in full Father Time) the… …

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  • 27period — pe·ri·od (pîr’ē əd) n. 1. An interval of time characterized by the occurrence of a certain condition, event, or phenomenon: »a period of economic prosperity. 2. An interval of time characterized by the prevalence of a specified culture, ideology …

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  • 28period — I. noun Etymology: Middle English periode, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin, Latin, & Greek; Medieval Latin periodus period of time, punctuation mark, from Latin & Greek; Latin, rhetorical period, from Greek periodos circuit, period of… …

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  • 29time — 1. That relation of events which is expressed by the terms past, present, and future, and measured by units such as minutes, hours, days, months, or years. 2. A certain period during which something definite or determined is done. SYN: tempus (2) …

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  • 30time — Except as otherwise specifically provided, any reference to time shall mean local Chicago time. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * time time [taɪm] noun 1. [uncountable] the quantity that is measured in minutes, hours, years etc using… …

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