superlative form of high-time: most high-time

(animation, video games) A brief delay between an action and the consequences of that action that has no physical cause and exists only for comedic or gameplay purposes.

plural of time violation

For a nuclear bomb, the time it takes to go from barely critical to optimally critical. It is generally much shorter for an implosion bomb than for a gun-type bomb.

plural of time-lapse

(rare) Synonym of game over in the case where the player has exceeded a time limit.

(simile) Very mysterious or enigmatic.

Sensitive to latency or small variations in time; time-critical. / Reliant on a deterministic ordering in time; time-dependent. / Urgent.

Sensitive to latency or small variations in time; time-sensitive. / Reliant on a deterministic ordering in time; time-dependent. / urgent.

Indicates that something is occurring just in time.