(n): an amount of time
(n): an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
(n): a mathematical operation involving numbers
(n): an instance or single occasion for some event
(n): an occurrence of something
(n): a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
(n): an amount of time
(n): an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
(n): an amount of time
(n): a suitable moment
(n): a particular point in time
(n): the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
(n): an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
(n): a person's experience on a particular occasion
(n): an event as apprehended
(n): a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
(n): a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
(n): the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
(n): the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
(n): rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
(n): the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
(n): the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
(n): a limited period of time
time
(v): measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
(v): express as a number or measure or quantity
(v): assign a time for an activity or event
(v): plan for an activity or event
(v): set the speed, duration, or execution of
(v): shape or influence; give direction to
(v): regulate or set the time of
(v): alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
(v): adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
(v): alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
The verb 'times' is so common that I suspect it's now the normal word for the thing amongst—what shall we call non-mathematicians?—Loggles. "Multiply it by" only outnumbers "times it by" by 4 to 1 on Google. The inflected forms 'timesing' and 'timesed' are very rare there, but possibly that reflects the contexts it's actually used in: people say, 'Times it by 2' or 'You need to times it by 2', but don't much describe doing it in the past or repeatedly.
I had to edit a piece recently which used the following phrase: "the sevens-times table." I kept changing it--the seven times-table, the seven times table, anything, but the writer kept changing it back. I'm not even sure what it should have read, but the way it was written bugs me. Still. And the thing's gone to print. *ugh*
I realize that's not exactly what we're talking about here...
Kad, ask her about subtraction. When I taught K-12, many kids used "minus" in the same way--to find the answer, you minus the first number from the second.
aaaaagh!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!
One of my pet peeves is when someone says 'you times the first number by the second' instead of 'you multiply the the first number by the second.' Much to my chagrin, one of the *graduate students* in a class I'm teaching said this today. I think I have to fail her.