reference time
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]reference time (countable and uncountable, plural reference times)
- (computing, software) The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.
- (linguistics, semantics) The moment in time in which the speaker is using as the imagined or explicit reference point for an utterance.