Point in time – Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

types:

distance

a remote point in time

date, particular date

a particular but unspecified point in time

deadline

the point in time at which something must be completed

arrival time, time of arrival

the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination

departure time, time of departure

the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin

midterm

middle of an academic term or a political term in office

full term, term

the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent

midterm

the middle of the gestation period

instant, minute, moment, second

a particular point in time

run-time

the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run

middle

time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

end, ending

the point in time at which something ends

phase, phase angle

a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle

show time

the point in time at which an entertainment (a movie or television show etc.) is scheduled to begin

then

that time; that moment

climax, culmination

the decisive moment in a novel or play

birth

the time when something begins (especially life)

incipience, incipiency

beginning to exist or to be apparent

death, last

the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

death, demise, dying

the time when something ends

period

the end or completion of something

curfew

the time that the curfew signal is sounded

checkout, checkout time

the latest time for vacating a hotel room

year-end

the end of a calendar year

eleventh hour, last minute

the latest possible moment

moment of truth

a crucial moment on which much depends

moment of truth

the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull

pinpoint

a very brief moment

time

a suitable moment

psychological moment

the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect

deep

the central and most intense or profound part

cease

(`cease’ is a noun only in the phrase `without cease’) end

fag end, tail, tail end

the time of the last part of something

last gasp

the point of death or exhaustion or completion

expiration, expiry, termination

a coming to an end of a contract period

threshold

the starting point for a new state or experience

anagnorisis

the moment in a literary work when a character makes a startling or critical discovery