elapsed time
noun
: the actual time taken (as by a boat or automobile in traveling over a racecourse)
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My phone displayed my distance, speed, elapsed time, and heart rate in large text that was easy to see at a glance.
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Additional Super-LumiNova on the ceramic bezel ensures elapsed time can be tracked even in total darkness.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time.
—Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
The Roma’s elapsed time in the quarter-mile is in the low 11s—not that it would be seen with dragstrip riff-raff.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
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Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Additional Super-LumiNova on the ceramic bezel ensures elapsed time can be tracked even in total darkness.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time.
—Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
The Roma’s elapsed time in the quarter-mile is in the low 11s—not that it would be seen with dragstrip riff-raff.
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
See All Example Sentences for elapsed time
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“Elapsed time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapsed%20time. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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