2011, Robert L. Kane, The Good Caregiver, Day care provides that crucial off-time for the caregiver, and it can be a fun, low-pressure, social experience for the care recipients if the older person enjoys socializing and if the clientele are compatible with the older person.
2014, Bob Dobkin & ‎John Hamburger, Analog Circuit Design Volume Three: Design Note Collection, With the off-time constant, the on-time is increased to maintain the same peak-to-peak ripple current in the inductor.
2005, AMERICAN FAMILY PHISICIAN - November, The primary outcome was the total daily "off-time" of absent or poor motor function as recorded by patients in diaries.
1967, United States Federal Communications Commission, Federal Communications Commission Reports, Prior to March of 1952 no set time existed between the off-time of a horse race, information as to which was being broadcast, and the actual broadcasting of the results and other data aforementioned as to such race.
Adjective
off-time
(social psychology) Occurring at a time other than the normal point in the process of growth and development.
1987, Roberta G. Simmons & ‎Dale A. Blyth, Moving Into Adolescence, In the literature these "off-time" youngsters have been termed "early" and "late" developers (Petersen and Taylor, 1980).
1990, Morris Rosenberg & ‎Ralph H. Turner, Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives, In addition to role discontinuity and lack of preparation for new roles, it appears that being "off-time" in taking on new roles or disengaging from old ones may make transitions more stressful, and that taking on multiple roles may be more difficult for the individual than a transition to only one new role or role-set.
2013, Eileen Berlin Ray, Communication and Disenfranchisement: Social Health Issues and Implications., An off-time transition is difficult to deal with because no norms of behavior or social rituals exist to guide the person experiencing the change.
2013, James W. Barron, Humor and Psyche: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Better, said he, were “marches with college tunes in the trio section against the original themes†creating an amusing “off-key and off-time†agglomeration of sound (Ives, 1976, p.41).
2015, Ulisse Di Corpo & ‎Antonella Vannini, SYNTROPY: The Spirit of Love, All told, some 30 subjects generated over 1.5 million trials in the remote and off-time experiments.
2015, Myron Levine, Urban Politics: Cities and Suburbs in a Global Age, Reformers argued that the off-year or off-time (or off-cycle) scheduling of elections for school board and other local offices allows voters to focus on the issues unique to the race at hand.
Adverb
off-time
Occurring at a non-normal time.
2014, E. Mark Cummings, ‎Anita L. Greene, ‎& Katherine H. Karraker, Life-span Developmental Psychology, In general, those life events taking place early off-time have greater negative impact than those taking place late off-time.
