Countdown

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• Countdown — am Platz des Himmlischen Friedens zu den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2008 in Peking Der Countdown (seltener: Count down) (engl. „herunterzählen“, „das Zurückzählen“) ist die getaktete (kurz vor dem Ende im Sekundentakt) Bekanntgabe der bis zum… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Countdown to 3 — was a TV special that broadcast on ABC1 to celebrate the opening of the ABC s 3rd channel, dedicated to children s programs, at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 4, 2009. Description After a brief countdown from 10 to 4 and the logo over a stickered… …   Wikipedia

• countdown — 1953, Amer.Eng., in early use especially of launches of rockets or missiles, from COUNT (Cf. count) (v.) + DOWN (Cf. down) …   Etymology dictionary

• countdown — ► NOUN 1) an act of counting down to zero, especially before the launch of a rocket. 2) the final moments before a significant event …   English terms dictionary

• countdown — ☆ countdown [kount′doun΄ ] n. the schedule of operations just before the firing of a rocket, the detonation of an explosive device, etc.; also, the counting off, in reverse order, of units of time in such a schedule …   English World dictionary

• Countdown — For other uses, see Countdown (disambiguation). T Minus redirects here. For the Canadian hip hop producer, see T Minus (producer). A countdown is a sequence of counting backward to indicate the seconds, days, or other time units remaining before… …   Wikipedia

• Countdown — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Countdown signifie compte à rebours en anglais. Countdown est la version britannique du jeu télévisé Des chiffres et des lettres (depuis 1982). Countdown… …   Wikipédia en Français

• countdown — n. 1) a final countdown 2) a countdown from; to (the countdown to zero has begun) * * * [ kaʊntdaʊn] to (the countdown to zero has begun) a final countdown a countdown from …   Combinatory dictionary

• Countdown — Count|down [ kau̮nt dau̮n], der und das; [s], s: a) (beim Abschuss einer Rakete) bis zum Zeitpunkt null zurückgehende Ansage der Zeit als Einleitung eines Kommandos zum Start: der Countdown läuft. b) Gesamtheit der vor dem Start auszuführenden… …   Universal-Lexikon

• countdown — [[t]ka͟ʊntdaʊn[/t]] N SING: also no det A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched. The countdown has begun for the launch later today of the American space… …   English dictionary