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Time-table

Time-table \Time"-ta`ble\, n.

  1. A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

  2. (Railroad) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.

  3. (Mus.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.

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time-table

alt. (alternative spelling of timetable English) n. (alternative spelling of timetable English)

Usage examples of "time-table".

The miracle lost some of its usefulness from the fact that Dora wrote the same day postponing the date of her visit, but, at any rate, Clovis holds the record as the only human being who ever hustled Jane Martlet out of the time-table of her migrations.

I had not the same passion for time-tables, lists, method and order, as Stute had.

During the next few days I obtained railway time-tables which listed cross-Channel ferries and train connections on the Continent, and spent quite a lot of time between my other duties in studying these together with brochures from shipping companies, trying to work out how best to travel from Bournemouth to Athens.

But the whole point is always the alibi, the railway time-table, the bus routes, the plans of the cross-country roads.

Angry and uncomfortable, I got my clothes on, and drove to the station, where I found that a sudden change in the time-table, without any regard for persons relying upon the official guide, was taken as a matter of course.

We were just getting to know each other and find our way around the class-rooms and time-tables, and suddenly we girls realized that all the boys were staring at this blonde two tables away.