Definitions of timing
noun
the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
noun
the time when something happens
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approach , approaching , coming
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
earliness
quality of coming early or earlier in time
lateness
quality of coming late or later in time
promptness , punctuality
the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
tardiness
the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time
simultaneity , simultaneousness
happening or existing or done at the same time
seasonableness , timeliness
being at the right time
unseasonableness , untimeliness
being at an inappropriate time
pastness
the quality of being past
futurity
the quality of being in or of the future
nowness , presentness
the quality of being the present
lead , spark advance
the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
forwardness
an advanced stage
antecedence , antecedency , anteriority , precedence , precedency , priority
preceding in time
posteriority , subsequence , subsequentness
following in time
co-occurrence , coincidence , concurrence , conjunction
the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
recency , recentness
a time immediately before the present
currency , currentness , up-to-dateness
the property of belonging to the present time
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temporal arrangement , temporal order
arrangement of events in time
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