off-time

plural off-times

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of off time.

   With the off-time constant, the on-time is increased to maintain the same peak-to-peak ripple current in the inductor.

   2014, Bob Dobkin, John Hamburger, Analog Circuit Design Volume Three: Design Note Collection, →ISBN

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   Day care provides that crucial off-time for the caregiver, and it can be a fun, low-pressure, social experience for the care recipients if the older person enjoys socializing and if the clientele are compatible with the older person.

   2011, Robert L. Kane, The Good Caregiver, →ISBN

   The primary outcome was the total daily "off-time" of absent or poor motor function as recorded by patients in diaries.

   2005, AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN - November, page 1893

   Prior to March of 1952 no set time existed between the off-time of a horse race, information as to which was being broadcast, and the actual broadcasting of the results and other data aforementioned as to such race.

   1967, United States Federal Communications Commission, Federal Communications Commission Reports

1. not comparablesocial psychologyOccurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development.

   In the literature these "off-time" youngsters have been termed "early" and "late" developers (Petersen and Taylor, 1980).

   1987, Roberta G. Simmons, Dale A. Blyth, Moving Into Adolescence, →ISBN

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   In addition to role discontinuity and lack of preparation for new roles, it appears that being "off-time" in taking on new roles or disengaging from old ones may make transitions more stressful, and that taking on multiple roles may be more difficult for the individual than a transition to only one new role or role-set.

   1990, Morris Rosenberg, Ralph H. Turner, Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives, →ISBN, page 148

   An off-time transition is difficult to deal with because no norms of behavior or social rituals exist to guide the person experiencing the change.

   2013, Eileen Berlin Ray, Communication and Disenfranchisement: Social Health Issues and Implications., →ISBN

2. not comparableOut of sync; unsynchronized.

   All told, some 30 subjects generated over 1.5 million trials in the remote and off-time experiments.

   2015, Ulisse Di Corpo, Antonella Vannini, SYNTROPY: The Spirit of Love, →ISBN, page 30

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   Better, said he, were “marches with college tunes in the trio [final section] against the original themes” creating an amusing “off-key and off-time” agglomeration of sound (Ives, 1976, p.41).

   2013, James W. Barron, Humor and Psyche: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, →ISBN

   Reformers argued that the off-year or off-time (or off-cycle) scheduling of elections for school board and other local offices allows voters to focus on the issues unique to the race at hand.

   2015, Myron Levine, Urban Politics: Cities and Suburbs in a Global Age, →ISBN

1. not comparableOccurring at a non-normal time.

   In general, those life events taking place early off-time have greater negative impact than those taking place late off-time.

   2014, E. Mark Cummings, Anita L. Greene, Katherine H. Karraker, Life-span Developmental Psychology, →ISBN