count-down
Backward numerical recitation
A count-down is the backward counting of seconds or minutes before a scheduled event, especially a rocket launch or the start of a new year: The count-down reached zero and the engines ignited.
The term extends to any final period of anticipation: the count-down to the election.
Also spelled countdown.
Moment of ascent
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
mission · NASA · T-minus · sequence · hold · abort · mission control · pad
End of validity
- cutoffPoint of termination
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- due dateWhen payment is required
- finalLast and decisive
ultimatum · finish line · zero hour · crunch time · last chance · end point · target date · timeframe
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- tensionStretched or strained state
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
anxiety · buildup · waiting · imminence · foreboding · hope · thrill · climax
liftoff
Moment of ascent
spacecraft · mission · NASA · T-minus · sequence · hold · abort · mission control · pad · thrusters
expiration
End of validity
- cutoffPoint of termination
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- due dateWhen payment is required
final · ultimatum · finish line · zero hour · crunch time · last chance · end point · target date · timeframe · closure
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- tensionStretched or strained state
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
eagerness · anxiety · buildup · waiting · imminence · foreboding · hope · thrill · climax · finale
clock
Device displaying time
ticking · stopwatch · hourglass · interval · remaining · elapsed · reset · pause · start · zero
pressure
Force upon contact
hurry · scramble · race · critical · emergency · accelerate · crisis · immediacy · stress · precipitate
count-downcount-up
Enumeration from zero upward
counting up · ascent · count up · increment · accumulation
count-downcount-up
Enumeration from zero upward
elapsed time · stopwatch · running total · accumulation · retrospective
count-downaftermath
Results following an event
denouement · wind-down · decompression · anticlimax · postscript
count, down, counts, counted, counting, counter, counters, countable, uncountable