split-secondadj.n.

Forms: Also split second(s).

Etymology: Abbreviation of split second(s) hands : see split adj. Compounds 2a(b) and second n.¹ Compounds.

A. adj.

1. Designating a stop-watch having two seconds hands, one underneath the other and one of which may be stopped independently of the other. Also absol.

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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [adjective] > of types of watch

jewelled1786

Nuremberg1847

open-faced1855

stem-winding1867

pendant winding1868

key-winding1870

split-second1884

stem-wind1900

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 245 Split Seconds, a form of chronograph in which there are two centre seconds hands, one under the other.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 398/1 Watches are also made with what are called split seconds-hands.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 377/2 This is the best cheap Split Second Horse Timer made.

1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ix. 379 When I left 'em Jake was holding a split-second watch on the waiter he'd just given an order to.

1971 T. C. Collocott Dict. Sci. & Technol. 1106/1 Split-seconds chronograph,..a chronograph with two independent centre seconds hands, one underneath the other.

2. Occurring, executed in, or lasting a fraction of a second; timed or calculated to a fraction of a second; sudden, instantaneous.

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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > instantaneous

instantany1633

unmomentary1635

instantaneal1644

instantaneous1651

touch and go1682

presto1767

snappy1872

overnighta1911

durationless1919

split-second1946

on the spot1960

1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. v. 206 The issue of modern naval conflicts depends upon split-second decisions.

1951 People 3 June 2/4 Watch for the two split-second appearances of twenty-one-years-old Audrey Hepburn.

1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 68/2 He pictures him~self as being locked in a death struggle with ringing telephones, split-second appointments, and traffic jams.

1959 W. Golding Free Fall iv. 82 I was..sitting my bike, willing them to die..because this demanded split-second timing.

1975 R. L. Duncan Dragons at Gate iv. 125 An instant pressure on the trigger, sound dispersed by a silencer, split-second work.

1978 Poland May 50/2 A player who cannot report punctually..cannot be counted on to carry out complex tactical maneuvers requiring split-second decisions when he is under a great mental strain.

B. n.

A fraction of a second.

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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant

hand-whileOE

prinkOE

start-while?c1225

twinkling1303

rese?c1335

prick1340

momenta1382

pointa1382

minutea1393

instant1398

braida1400

siquarea1400

twink14..

whip?c1450

movement1490

punct1513

pissing whilea1556

trice1579

turning of a hand1579

wink1585

twinklec1592

semiquaver1602

punto1616

punctilio of time1620

punctum1620

breathing1625

instance1631

tantillation1651

rapc1700

crack1725

turning of a straw1755

pig's whisper1780

jiffy1785

less than no time1788

jiff1797

blinka1813

gliffy1820

handclap1822

glimpsea1824

eyewink1836

thought1836

eye-blink1838

semibreve1845

pop1847

two shakes of a lamb's taila1855

pig's whistle1859

time point1867

New York minute1870

tick1879

mo?1896

second1897

styme1897

split-second1912

split minute1931

no-time1942

sec.1956

1912 G. K. Chesterton Manalive i. iv. 97 Mr. Moon stood for one split second astonished.

1928 Chambers's Jrnl. 261/1 I'll be done in a split second.

1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here iv. 40 Typed revelations timed to the split-second.

1940 D. Hill Football through Years 64/2 The accompanying illustrations..show what a split second can mean to the receiver of the ball in fast brilliant play.

1950 Sport 22 Sept. 12/1 (caption) Racing in, a split second too late for the tackle, is home centre-half, Tommy Cummings.

1978 J. Wainwright Jury People xl. 141 For a split second, she'd known pain she'd never dreamed existed..then she'd passed out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	split-second
释义	split-secondadj.n. Forms: Also split second(s). Etymology: Abbreviation of split second(s) hands : see split adj. Compounds 2a(b) and second n.¹ Compounds. A. adj. 1. Designating a stop-watch having two seconds hands, one underneath the other and one of which may be stopped independently of the other. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [adjective] > of types of watch jewelled1786 Nuremberg1847 open-faced1855 stem-winding1867 pendant winding1868 key-winding1870 split-second1884 stem-wind1900 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 245 Split Seconds, a form of chronograph in which there are two centre seconds hands, one under the other. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 398/1 Watches are also made with what are called split seconds-hands. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 377/2 This is the best cheap Split Second Horse Timer made. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap ix. 379 When I left 'em Jake was holding a split-second watch on the waiter he'd just given an order to. 1971 T. C. Collocott Dict. Sci. & Technol. 1106/1 Split-seconds chronograph,..a chronograph with two independent centre seconds hands, one underneath the other. 2. Occurring, executed in, or lasting a fraction of a second; timed or calculated to a fraction of a second; sudden, instantaneous. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > instantaneous instantany1633 unmomentary1635 instantaneal1644 instantaneous1651 touch and go1682 presto1767 snappy1872 overnighta1911 durationless1919 split-second1946 on the spot1960 1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far iii. v. 206 The issue of modern naval conflicts depends upon split-second decisions. 1951 People 3 June 2/4 Watch for the two split-second appearances of twenty-one-years-old Audrey Hepburn. 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 68/2 He pictures him~self as being locked in a death struggle with ringing telephones, split-second appointments, and traffic jams. 1959 W. Golding Free Fall iv. 82 I was..sitting my bike, willing them to die..because this demanded split-second timing. 1975 R. L. Duncan Dragons at Gate iv. 125 An instant pressure on the trigger, sound dispersed by a silencer, split-second work. 1978 Poland May 50/2 A player who cannot report punctually..cannot be counted on to carry out complex tactical maneuvers requiring split-second decisions when he is under a great mental strain. B. n. A fraction of a second. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant hand-whileOE prinkOE start-while?c1225 twinkling1303 rese?c1335 prick1340 momenta1382 pointa1382 minutea1393 instant1398 braida1400 siquarea1400 twink14.. whip?c1450 movement1490 punct1513 pissing whilea1556 trice1579 turning of a hand1579 wink1585 twinklec1592 semiquaver1602 punto1616 punctilio of time1620 punctum1620 breathing1625 instance1631 tantillation1651 rapc1700 crack1725 turning of a straw1755 pig's whisper1780 jiffy1785 less than no time1788 jiff1797 blinka1813 gliffy1820 handclap1822 glimpsea1824 eyewink1836 thought1836 eye-blink1838 semibreve1845 pop1847 two shakes of a lamb's taila1855 pig's whistle1859 time point1867 New York minute1870 tick1879 mo?1896 second1897 styme1897 split-second1912 split minute1931 no-time1942 sec.1956 1912 G. K. Chesterton Manalive i. iv. 97 Mr. Moon stood for one split second astonished. 1928 Chambers's Jrnl. 261/1 I'll be done in a split second. 1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here iv. 40 Typed revelations timed to the split-second. 1940 D. Hill Football through Years 64/2 The accompanying illustrations..show what a split second can mean to the receiver of the ball in fast brilliant play. 1950 Sport 22 Sept. 12/1 (caption) Racing in, a split second too late for the tackle, is home centre-half, Tommy Cummings. 1978 J. Wainwright Jury People xl. 141 For a split second, she'd known pain she'd never dreamed existed..then she'd passed out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1884
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