First Happy Time — The First Happy Time was a phase of the Battle of the Atlantic during which Germany Navy U boats enjoyed significant success against the British Royal Navy and its allies. It started in July 1940, almost immediately after France, the United… … Wikipedia
First-hitting-time model — In statistics, first hitting time models are a sub class of survival models. The first hitting time, also called first passage time, of a set A with respect to an instance of a stochastic process is the time until the stochastic process first… … Wikipedia
first-passage time — noun The time taken for a random walker to reach a specified target … Wiktionary
first in time, first in right — A maxim applicable where the equities otherwise are equal. Walton v Hargroves, 42 Miss 18 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Time-sharing — refers to sharing a computing resource among many users by multitasking. Because early mainframes and minicomputers were extremely expensive, it was rarely possible to allow a single user exclusive access to the machine for interactive use. But… … Wikipedia
first — first1 W1S1 [fə:st US fə:rst] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a series)¦ 2 for the first time 3¦(main)¦ 4 in the first place 5 in the first instance 6 at first glance/sight 7 first things first 8 (at) first hand 9 first prize/place … Dictionary of contemporary English
Time Spiral — Infobox mtgset Expansion Name = Time Spiral Expansion Symbol = Symbol Description = An hourglass Release Date = October 6 2006 Size = 301 cards + 121 timeshifted Keywords = Buyback, Echo, Flanking, Flash, Flashback, Kicker, Madness, Morph, Shadow … Wikipedia
first — firstness, adj. /ferrst/, adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president. 2. Music. highest or chief among several voices or… … Universalium
first — /fɜst / (say ferst) adjective 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc. (the ordinal of one). 2. Music highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: first alto; first horn. 3. Motor… …
Time signal — These automatic signal clocks were synchronized by telegraphy in 1905 before the widespread use of radio A time signal is a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day. Contents 1 Audible… … Wikipedia