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A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
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downtime
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Downtime is a direct-to-video spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was released direct-to-video and produced by the independent production company Reeltime Pictures . It is a sequel to the Second Doctor ...
WordNet
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n. a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions) [ant: uptime ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Anyone working in an office setting knows this is a period of extreme downtime when little gets done. ▪ If the provider has a single connection to the outside world, ask how often it fails and the length of downtime . ▪ Needing ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash. 2 A break or rest from work; leisure time.
Usage examples of downtime.
A thousand cables were clearly labeled with nonremovable, easy-to-read tags, to minimize downtime in case of technical failure.
The downtime courier rides the quakes until he or she reaches a point before the original memo was written.
Trainability Testing became mandatory for every adolescent on Earth, and teams began to ransack the downtime worlds for Trainables among the endochronics.
Both uptime and downtime ends of wormhole are guarded by Chronologic Patrol ships.
The downtime Chronologic Patrol ship was just coming into view on her symbol-logic screens.
Come on, I'll introduce you to General Crespin, and then to DownTime, which has the moon's greatest supply of Corellian brandy.
That's one of the reasons we were so slow to notice the pattern of the downtimes, in fact—with no obvious physical damage anywhere, there was no reason to assume the Qasamans were responsible.
That's one of the reasons we were so slow to notice the pattern of the downtimes, in fact-with no obvious physical damage anywhere, there was no reason to assume the Qasamans were responsible.
That's one of the reasons we were so slow to notice the pattern of the downtimes, in factwith no obvious physical damage anywhere, there was no reason to assume the Qasamans were responsible.
Maybe they eke out their dilute resources by submitting to long downtimes: hibernation, slow computation rates, stretching an hour of awareness across a million years.
Maybe they eke out their dilute resources by submitting to long downtimes: hibernation, slow computation rates, stretching an hour of awareness across a million years .
He was still fully conscious, and so far as he could tell there had been no interruption, no downtime.
I'm afraid, Goldie, I can't declare you winner by default on the grounds that Skeeter will be gone for at least two weeks downtime.
They worked -- though they were approaching the limits of their design load and as a result suffering a lot of downtime.
Losing two 'eighty-sixers--even if one were a downtimer and the other a gate crashing con man and thief-would definitely not be good for their public image or their business.