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Time-table

Time′-taˊble

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Noun.
1.
A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
2.
(Railroad)
A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.
3.
(Mus.)
A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.

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time-table

time-table

See also: timetable and time table

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time-table (plural time-tables)

  1. Alternative spelling of timetable
    • 1893, [New South Wales] Report of the Minister of Public Instruction, 1894 Charles Potter edition, page 238,
      Lessons to be resumed according to the Time-table.
    • 1967, Michael Barsley, The Orient Express: The Story of the World's Most Fabulous Train, Stein and Day, page 69,
      Hopefully, the time-table promised new Wagons-Lits routes in Iraq and Jugoslavia, already dated 1940 and 1941.
    • 1987, John Blackie, Inside the Primary School, Knopf, ISBN 0805203117,
      CHAPTER FIVE The curriculum, the time-table and organisation