time trial
noun
Simple Definition of time trial
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: a race in which competitors are timed as they race over a course and the one who completes the course in the least amount of time is the winner
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Full Definition of time trial
: a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance
Examples of time trial in a sentence
He posted the second best lap in the time trials.
Circa 1949
First Known Use of time trial
circa 1949
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