timing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: timing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for timing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
timing n the time when something happens the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Time \Time\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Timing}.] 1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon. 2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. --Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen. 4. To measure, as in music or harmony.