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elapsed time
noun
: the actual time taken (as by a boat or automobile in traveling over a racecourse)
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The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time.
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Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
NordicTrack's Commercial X32i and Commercial 2950 are most comparable to Peloton's Tread models, featuring 32-inch and 22-inch screens, respectively, that display calorie burn, distance, elapsed time, incline, heart rate, pace and speed.
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Dana Rose Falcone, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2021
The Roma’s elapsed time in the quarter-mile is in the low 11s—not that it would be seen with dragstrip riff-raff.
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Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
Kristen’s elapsed time in the Baja 500 would have placed her fourth among the unlimited Class 1 buggies.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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“Elapsed time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapsed%20time. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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