half-hour
Sitcom episode length
A half-hour is a period of thirty minutes.
The term also marks clock positions: at the half-hour means when the minute hand reaches six.
As an adjective, it describes duration: a half-hour lunch break, a half-hour commute.
Also written half hour or half an hour.
Device displaying time
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- timepieceHour-measuring device
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- minutesSixty-second intervals
seconds · countdown · stopwatch · hourglass · chronometer · tick · elapsed · remaining
Planned sequence of actions
- episodeSerialized content unit
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- slotNarrow slit for insertion
timeslot · newscast · show · runtime · airtime · programming
Cessation of activity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- recessPause in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
Narrow slit for insertion
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- blockSolid mass, or impede
segment · window · timetable · reservation · timeslot · agenda · increment · allocation
clock
Device displaying time
minutes · seconds · countdown · stopwatch · hourglass · chronometer · tick · elapsed · remaining · passing
program
Planned sequence of actions
slot · timeslot · newscast · show · runtime · airtime · programming
rest
Cessation of activity
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- recessPause in activity
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
slot
Narrow slit for insertion
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- sessionScheduled time for activity
block · segment · window · timetable · reservation · timeslot · agenda · increment · allocation