Timing
WordNet
noun
(1) The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
(2) The time when something happens
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An occurrence or event.
- The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- The time when something happens.
- The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- An instance of recording the time of something.