elapsed time

noun

: the actual time taken (as by a boat or automobile in traveling over a racecourse)

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The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time. —

Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023 NordicTrack's Commercial X32i and Commercial 2950 are most comparable to Peloton's Tread models, featuring 32-inch and 22-inch screens, respectively, that display calorie burn, distance, elapsed time, incline, heart rate, pace and speed. —

Dana Rose Falcone, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2021 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 Kristen’s elapsed time in the Baja 500 would have placed her fourth among the unlimited Class 1 buggies. —

Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020 See all Example Sentences for elapsed time