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count down

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Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 628354 Last modified 19.02.2024
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Domain metrologymeasuring procedures
countdown preferred
  • tahapoole loendamise järjestus, et näidata sündmuse toimumiseni jäänud aega
  • sequence of backward counting to indicate the time remaining before an event is scheduled to occur
maha loendama
Usage examples
  • Sündmused, mille puhul maha loendamist tavaliselt kasutatakse, hõlmavad lõhkeaine plahvatamist, võistluse algust, uue aasta algust või mõnda ärevalt oodatud sündmust.
countdown preferred
Usage examples
  • Other events for which countdowns are commonly used include the detonation of an explosive, the start of a race, the start of the New Year, or any anxiously anticipated event.

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