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time trial
noun
: a race in which competitors are timed as they race over a course and the one who completes the course in the least amount of time is the winner
Full Definition of TIME TRIAL
: a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance
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First Known Use of TIME TRIAL
circa 1949
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