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Term of the Road Dictionary

response time

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Definition : Period of time between the activation of a detector and the arrival of its signal in a traffic information system (or into digital memory) [COST 323].

Ansprechzeit

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Transport Intelligente Transportsysteme
  • Definition : Zeitspanne zwischen dem Zeitpunkt einer sprungförmigen Änderung der Eingangsgrösse und dem Zeitpunkt, zu dem die Eingangsgrösse innerhalb vorgegebener Grenzen um ihren Beharrungswert bleibt.
  • Synonyms : Reaktionszeit / Einstelldauer