"hold time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hold times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hold time (countable and uncountable, plural hold times)
  1. (electronics) The minimum amount of time for which the data input should be held steady after the clock event for reliable sampling. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-hold_time-en-noun-JOvD6P0W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (telephony) The amount of time spent in a phone queue on hold. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-hold_time-en-noun-uTiqR87s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for hold time meaning in English (2.4kB)

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