(physics) The characteristic time for a system to reach an equilibrium condition after a disturbance. / (medicine) The time taken for a muscle to revert to its resting state after being used.

(medicine) A test of fitness in which a person exercises for a defined period

The act of being idle.

present participle of kill time

(theater, literature) The classical unity that states that the action of a play should take place over no more than 24 hours.

(law) Time spent in remand awaiting trial, when credited after a guilty verdict usually by subtracting from the sentence.

A punishment consisting of a period of time for which the culprit (usually a mischievous child) must stand still in a corner, facing the wall.or put their nose in the corner

Alternative form of sometime

A period of some length.

From a historic or evolutionary perspective / Happening gradually, as the time passes.