time trial

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Noun

time trial (plural time trials)

1. (cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.

   Synonyms: race of truth, (initialism) TT

2. (by extension) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
3. (video games) A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels, or, in some cases, the entire game as quickly as possible.

   Synonym: time attack

Derived terms

• individual time trial
• team time trial
• time trial bicycle
• time-trialing
• time trialist
• TT

Translations

race in cycling

• Catalan: contrarellotge (ca) f
• Czech: časovka (cs) f
• Dutch: tijdrit (nl) m
• French: contre-la-montre (fr) m
• German: Zeitfahren (de) n
• Italian: cronometro (it) f
• Portuguese: contrarrelógio m
• Spanish: contrarreloj (es) f, contra reloj f, contra el reloj f
• Swedish: tempolopp (sv) n

competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other

• Catalan: contrarellotge (ca) f
• French: course contra la montre f, course contra la horloge f
• Italian: prova a contrametro f, evento a contrametro m
• Latin: eventus contra horologium m (literally “event against the clock”)
• Portuguese: contrarrelógio m
• Spanish: contrarreloj (es) f, contra reloj f, contra el reloj f

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• time trial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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