Very little time.

Subject to a time limit.

(law) Describing a cause of action that can not be brought to court because the statute of limitations has passed.

Alternative form of timebound

plural of time loop

(chiefly science fiction) A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.

(mathematics) A random variable representing the time required for a stochastic process to satisfy a certain condition, which must be determined using only information available up to such time and must occur almost surely in finite time.

(broadcasting) The period during which a television or radio station can air its own local content, rather than material provided by the network.

Alternative form of metatime

(aviation) The amount of time that a pilot has spent flying.