slow timen.

Brit.

/ˈsləʊ tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈsloʊ ˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., time n.

Etymology: < slow adj. + time n.

1. Military. A slow rate of marching, typically used at funerals and ceremonial occasions and consisting of about 60–80 paces per minute. Cf. quick time n. 2, ordinary time n.In the British army the rate of slow time is 65 paces per minute; the rate of slow time with gun carriage, which is used for funerals, is 75 paces per minute. The current U.S. rate is about 60 paces per minute.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific

quick march1606

double march1661

slow time1763

ordinary time1792

quick time1802

double time1833

double1860

walk-march1874

1763 J. Mac Intire Mil. Treat. Discipline Marine Forces 208 In exercising on the March, all Motions begin with the right Foot, either in slow, or quick Time, making one Motion for every Pace in slow Time.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 206/2 In quick time, 108 paces..are taken in a minute..in slow time, seventy-five..In double time, 150.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 390/1 The instruction given in manual and firing exercises is performed in slow time.

1901 Navy & Army Illustr. 1 June 244/2 The colour, with the escort,..now pass in slow time along the line from left to right.

2017 Rifles Drill Man. (Ministry of Def.) 6-20 in www.army.mod.uk (accessed 27 Nov. 2020) The parade may break into Quick Time and Change Arms as necessary ensuring that they break into Slow Time on approaching the cemetery.

2. Chiefly U.S. regional. In a district where two systems of clock time may be observed, the time which is less advanced, commonly by an hour, sometimes by half an hour. Cf. slow adj. 18c.Slow time may represent standard time without the observance of daylight saving time, or standard time in the more westerly of two adjacent time zones, or time as kept year-round by some local communities half an hour different from standard time (hence ‘slow’ during daylight saving).

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1883 Wyandott (Kansas) Herald 1 Mar. 3/2 Some people who keep fast time go to church an hour too soon, while those who keep slow time are nearly as much too late. A uniform system of time should be adopted for convenience of the public.

1918 Rep. Proc. 35th Ann. Session Georgia Bar Assoc. 11 The Committee announces that the time for meetings of the Association will be 90th meridian, Central Railroad, slow time.

1992 R. Testa After Fire iv. 25 The Amish do not advance their clocks in the spring and call outside world time ‘fast time’ and their own time ‘slow time’.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. viii. 6/4 Indiana is hard to pin down because every hamlet seems to have a local option, whether to be on Eastern or Central time, fast time or slow time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slow time
释义	slow timen. Brit. /ˈsləʊ tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈsloʊ ˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., time n. Etymology: < slow adj. + time n. 1. Military. A slow rate of marching, typically used at funerals and ceremonial occasions and consisting of about 60–80 paces per minute. Cf. quick time n. 2, ordinary time n.In the British army the rate of slow time is 65 paces per minute; the rate of slow time with gun carriage, which is used for funerals, is 75 paces per minute. The current U.S. rate is about 60 paces per minute. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1763 J. Mac Intire Mil. Treat. Discipline Marine Forces 208 In exercising on the March, all Motions begin with the right Foot, either in slow, or quick Time, making one Motion for every Pace in slow Time. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 206/2 In quick time, 108 paces..are taken in a minute..in slow time, seventy-five..In double time, 150. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 390/1 The instruction given in manual and firing exercises is performed in slow time. 1901 Navy & Army Illustr. 1 June 244/2 The colour, with the escort,..now pass in slow time along the line from left to right. 2017 Rifles Drill Man. (Ministry of Def.) 6-20 in www.army.mod.uk (accessed 27 Nov. 2020) The parade may break into Quick Time and Change Arms as necessary ensuring that they break into Slow Time on approaching the cemetery. 2. Chiefly U.S. regional. In a district where two systems of clock time may be observed, the time which is less advanced, commonly by an hour, sometimes by half an hour. Cf. slow adj. 18c.Slow time may represent standard time without the observance of daylight saving time, or standard time in the more westerly of two adjacent time zones, or time as kept year-round by some local communities half an hour different from standard time (hence ‘slow’ during daylight saving). ΚΠ 1883 Wyandott (Kansas) Herald 1 Mar. 3/2 Some people who keep fast time go to church an hour too soon, while those who keep slow time are nearly as much too late. A uniform system of time should be adopted for convenience of the public. 1918 Rep. Proc. 35th Ann. Session Georgia Bar Assoc. 11 The Committee announces that the time for meetings of the Association will be 90th meridian, Central Railroad, slow time. 1992 R. Testa After Fire iv. 25 The Amish do not advance their clocks in the spring and call outside world time ‘fast time’ and their own time ‘slow time’. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. viii. 6/4 Indiana is hard to pin down because every hamlet seems to have a local option, whether to be on Eastern or Central time, fast time or slow time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763
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