Timing

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Timing is the spacing of events in time. Some typical uses are:

• The act of measuring the elapsed time of something or someone, often at athletic events such as swimming or running, where participants are timed with a device such as a stopwatch.
• Engine timing, for various functions such as ignition, cam timing to control poppet valve timing and overlap, and fuel injection timing.
  • see ignition timing
  • timing light,
  • timing mark
• Comic timing by a comedian or actor, an element of humor.
• In phonology, the rhythm of a spoken language. See Timing (linguistics) and Timing (music).
• In filmmaking, colour timing is the process of altering the density and colour of the film.
• Stock market timing as an investment strategy.

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