half-time

Noun

  • The interval between the two halves of a sports match.
  • Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
  • A tempo in which the rhythm is emphasized so that it seems to have half as many metric divisions (e.g. emphasizing the start of every other bar rather than every bar).
  • The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.

Adjective

  • Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.

Adverb

  • In a half time manner.

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