Used to indicate that a specified amount of time remains before an event is scheduled or expected to take place.
The last ten seconds are usually counted down aloud ” Ten seconds to liftoff. ” T minus Time” is a system to mark points at which actions necessary for the launch are planned – this time stops and starts as various hold points are entered, and so doesn ‘ t show the actual time to launch. Usually a time unit is given or indicated, like T minus 2 seconds, or T -00:02:00 ( T minus 2 minutes).
It means that something will happen in 2 units (seconds, minutes, hours, or other). During a NASA countdown to a rocket launch, ‘ T – minus ‘ translates to ‘Time minus ‘ the ‘ T ‘ stands for the exact time at which the rocket is scheduled to be launched. The term ‘ T – minus ‘ is generally used during countdowns to space launches.
