Ignition timing, in a spark ignition engine, is the process of setting the time that an ignition will occur in the combustion chamber (during the compression stroke) relative to piston position and crankshaft angular velocity.
My son has great comic timing, in a deadpan, Jack Dee sort of way.
The award to Santos was remarkable, mostly for its timing, in a different way.
Mr. Weill also won praise for his timing, in a deal reported yesterday in The Wall Street Journal.
"Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm!" He was airborne, being lifted and carried across the stage of the Eugene O'Neill Theater by four dancers, perfecting their timing in a climactic ritual scene.
Even though the timing is right for a show that explains a tradition observed by so many people right here, right now, timing in a theater context means pace and precision.
And what about the timing – in a week in which the big news story (apart from in the Murdoch press, weirdly) is about human tragedy followed by lies and coverup on a massive scale.
He was even more cautious about the timing in a brief conversation after the meeting, saying, "I think it's impossible to put a time frame on it, but I'm satisfied the day will come".
The comic timing in a show like this has to be perfect, and sometimes it is here, but when it isn't, the director, Teresa K. Pond, tries to compensate with volume, which is never as funny as nuance.
But as the sleuth hired to find the dog, Detective Ronnie Steve Littlee of HBO's "Eastbound & Down") shows the value of a little swagger and timing in a film too often enamored of compartmentalized oddity.
