Fromhalf- +time.
half-time (countable anduncountable,pluralhalf-times)
- (sports) Theinterval between the two halves of asportsmatch.
Let's get some pizza athalf-time.
- (sometimes attributive) Half or approximately half the number of hours usually worked in a specified period.
I'm following ahalf-time schedule this month.
- (music) Atempo in which therhythm is emphasized so that it seems to have half as many metric divisions (e.g. emphasizing the start of every other bar rather than every bar).
- (physics) The time taken for a physical quantity to halve the difference between its present value and its final value.
sports: interval between halves
time to halve the difference between present value and final value
half-time (notcomparable)
- Pertaining to or characterized by half the usual duration.
1884,The Ohio Educational Monthly, page544:The remedy proposed ishalf-time schools. The teachers are to be engaged for a school year's service, but the pupils belonging to each school are to be divided into two sections. Each section is to spend half the time in school and the remainder at home.
1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and Related Measures: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ...., page162:The remaining federal and State programs provide aid to part-time students only if attendance ishalf-time or more (at least six credit-hours).
half-time (notcomparable)
- In a half time manner.
I'm workinghalf-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave.
