Timing refers to how events are spaced in time. Some typical uses are:

• The act of measuring the elapsed time of something or someone, often at athletic events such as swimming or running, where participants are timed with a device such as a stopwatch.
• Engine timing, for various functions such as ignition, cam timing to control poppet valve timing and overlap, and fuel injection timing.
  • see timing light,
  • timing mark
• Comic timing by a comedian or actor, an element of humor.
• In phonology, the rhythm of a spoken language. See Timing (linguistics).
• In filmmaking, the process of altering the density and colour of the film.

External links

• Research group specializing in rhythm, timing, and tempo, University of Amsterdam
• Computer Timing Timing solutions for computers and computer networks.