time-of-flight

time–of–flight

adj \ˌtīm-ə(v)-ˌflīt\

Definition of TIME-OF-FLIGHT

: of, relating to, being, or done with an instrument (as a mass spectrometer) that separates particles (as ions) according to the time required for them to traverse a tube of a certain length <a time–of–flight imaging system> <time–of–flight magnetic resonance angiography>—abbreviation TOF