time

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Etymology
  • 1.3 Pronunciation
  • 1.4 Interjection
  • 1.5 Noun
    • 1.5.1 Usage notes
    • 1.5.2 Quotations
    • 1.5.3 Derived terms
    • 1.5.4 Related terms
    • 1.5.5 Translations
  • 1.6 Verb
    • 1.6.1 Synonyms
    • 1.6.2 Derived terms
    • 1.6.3 Translations
  • 1.7 Statistics
  • 1.8 Anagrams
  • 1.9 See also
  • 1.10 External links
• 2 Danish
  • 2.1 Noun
    • 2.1.1 Inflection
  • 2.2 Verb
• 3 Esperanto
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Adverb
• 4 Latin
  • 4.1 Verb
• 5 Norwegian
  • 5.1 Etymology
  • 5.2 Noun
    • 5.2.1 Inflection
• 6 Portuguese
  • 6.1 Noun
• 7 Spanish
  • 7.1 Verb

• about time
• absolute time
• Achilles tendon reflex time
• access time
• acquisition feeding time
• acquisition time
• activated clotting time
• activated partial thromboplastin time
• active braking time
• actual flying time
• adjusted flow time
• administration of the fulness of times
• administrative lead time
• advanced time
• aforetime
• aforetimes
• aftertime
• after-time
• after-times
• against time
• A-H conduction time
• ahead of one's time
• ahead of time
• airtime
• air time
• Alaska-Hawaii Time
• Alaska time
• all in good time
• all of the time
• all the time
• all this time
• all-time
• Amsterdam Time
• ancient time
• ancient times
• anight
• a-nightertime
• any time
• anytime
• any time now
• apex time
• apostolic times
• apparent time
• APTIME
• arrival time
• arrow of time
• ASEAN Common Time
• as old as time
• as old as time itself
• assembly time
• association time
• as time goes by
• as times go
• astronomical time
• at all times
• at any one time
• at a time
• Atlantic Daylight Time
• Atlantic Time
• at no time
• at odd times
• at one time
• at one time or another
• attack time
• at that time
• at the best of times
• at the present time
• at the same time
• at the time
• at this time
• at time
• at times
• at times and again
• at what time
• Australian Central Daylight Time
• Australian Eastern Daylight Time
• autumn-time
• average access time
• average handle time
• average seek time
• background radiation equivalent time
• back time
• Barycentric Coordinate Time
• bathtime
• beat somebody's time
• beat time
• bedtime
• before one's time
• beforetime
• before-time
• beforetimes
• behind the times
• behind time
• Beijing Time
• benting-time
• Bering Time
• Berlin Time
• better luck next time
• betweentime
• betweentimes
• between times
• Bhutan Time
• bide one's time
• big red switch time
• big time
• binding time
• biologic time
• biological time
• birth-time
• bit time
• Black People's Time
• bleeding time
• block time
• blood circulation time
• Bombay time
• Borneo Time
• borrowed time
• bottom time
• bowel transit time
• braking time
• break-even time
• breakfast-time
• breakfast time
• break time
• breaktime
• breathing time
• broken time
• Buck Rodgers time
• bullet-time
• bullet time
• burn time
• buy time
• by a time
• by that time
• by the time
• by this time
• by time
• by-time
• by times
• Calcutta time
• call one's time one's own
• call set-up time
• call time
• Cape Verde Time
• Central Africa Time
• Central Daylight Time
• Central European Midsummer Time
• Central European Time
• Central Europe Time
• Central Time
• centrelink time
• chair time
• characteristic time
• Chatham Daylight Time
• check-in time
• check-out time
• chowtime
• chow time
• Christmas-time
• Christmas time
• chromoscopy time
• chucking-out time
• circulation time
• civilian time
• civil time
• clearance time
• clock time
• close time
• closed assembly time
• closing time
• clot retraction time
• clotting time
• coag time
• coagulation time
• cock-shut-time
• coding time
• coherence time
• collision time
• colonic transit time
• Colored People's Time
• come to time
• Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
• command processing overhead time
• common time
• comp time
• company time
• compensatory time
• compile time
• compound common time
• compound time
• computation time
• concentration time
• conditioning time
• conduction time
• confinement time
• conformal time
• connect time
• constant time
• contact time
• continental time
• continuous-time signal
• contract time
• controlled variable time
• convective mixing time
• cooking time
• cooling time
• Coordinated Universal Time
• coordinate time
• core time
• corner time
• corrected time
• cosmic time
• CPU time
• crossing time
• crunch time
• cubic time
• cucumber time
• cure time
• curing time
• curtain time
• cut-off time
• cut time
• cycle time
• damage over time
• dance-time
• daylight-savings time
• daylight savings time
• daylight-saving time
• daylight saving time
• daytime
• day-time
• dead time
• decay time
• decimal reduction time
• decimal time
• decoherence time
• decorrelation time
• decree time
• deep time
• deferred time
• delay time
• departure time
• detention time
• dextrinizing time
• dial-in time
• dilute Russell's viper venom time
• dining-time
• dinnertime
• dinner-time
• dinner time
• discrete-time signal
• disinfectant time
• disk access time
• dispensation of the fulness of times
• docky time
• do time
• double time
• doubling time
• downtime
• down-time
• down time
• dreamtime
• dream-time
• dream time
• drinking-up time
• drive time
• driving time
• drying time
• DTIME
• duple time
• Dutch Time
• dwell time
• dynamical time
• earliest anticipated launch time
• early time
• Earth-received time
• East Africa Time
• Eastern Daylight Time
• Eastern European Time
• Eastern Time
• ecarin clotting time
• effluxion of time
• elapsed flying time
• elapsed time
• elementary time unit
• end times
• energy confinement time
• energy payback time
• energy replacement time
• engaged time
• ephemeris time
• equal time
• equation of time
• equilibrium time
• equinoctial time
• estimated time of arrival
• euglobulin clot lysis time
• euglobulin lysis time
• evening-time
• event time
• every time
• every time one turns around
• execution time
• exit time
• expiration time
• exponential time
• exposure time
• EXPTIME
• extended playing time
• extra time
• face time
• fade time
• fading time
• fall time
• Father Time
• fence time
• final setting time
• find the time
• find time
• first exit time
• first hit time
• first return time
• first-time
• first passage time
• flash-to-bang time
• flat time
• flexible time
• flexitime
• flexi-time
• flextime
• Flextime
• floortime
• for a time
• forced expiratory time
• forecast lead time
• foretime
• formation exposure time
• former times
• for old time's sake
• for some time
• for the time
• for time
• four-four time
• frame-alignment recovery time
• frame time
• free-fall time
• free time
• French Revolutionary Time
• fringe time
• from that time on
• from this time on
• from time to time
• fruit-time
• full time
• fully automatic time
• functioning time

• gain time
• game time
• garbage time
• gate time
• gelation time
• generation time
• Geocentric Coordinate Time
• geological time
• geologic time
• give somebody time
• give time
• glide time
• go back in time
• golden time
• good time
• grass time
• Greenwich time
• Greenwich Time Signal
• gust decay time
• gust formation time
• Hadean time
• half the time
• halftime
• half-time
• half time
• handling time
• hang time
• happy time
• hard time
• hard times
• harvesttime
• harvest time
• have a bad time of it
• have a hard time of it
• have a poor time of it
• have a rough time of it
• have a thin time of it
• have a good time
• have a good time of it
• have a hard time
• have a lot of time for
• have a time of it
• have a whale of a time
• have little time for
• have no time for
• have one more time
• have the right time
• have the time
• have time
• have time on one's hands
• have time on one's side
• have time to spare
• Hawaii-Aleutian time
• Hawaii time
• haying time
• heaking-time
• heat time
• heretoforetime
• hexadecimal time
• high time
• hitting time
• hold time
• holding time
• holiday-time
• Hong Kong Time
• H-R conduction time
• Hubble time
• H-V conduction time
• hydraulic retention time
• hypertime
• ice time
• idle time
• imaginary time
• imperfect time
• improper time
• in jig time
• in between times
• incubation time
• in due time
• inertia time
• in good time
• initial setting time
• in its proper time
• injury time
• in less than no time
• in no time
• in no time at all
• in one's own good time
• in one's own time
• in one's time
• in process of time
• in record time
• instruction time
• integration time
• intellectual history of time
• intermediate time
• International Atomic Time
• International Time Bureau
• Internet time
• interval time
• interval transit time
• in the course of time
• in the fullness of time
• in the fulness of time
• in the nick of time
• in the old times
• in the right place at the right time
• in the wrong place at the wrong time
• in time
• in times
• into time
• intra-atrial conduction time
• intravaginal ejaculation latency time
• isovolumic relaxation time
• Israel Daylight Time
• it's about time
• it's a matter of time
• it's a question of time
• it's only a matter of time
• it's only a question of time
• junk time
• keep good time
• keep time
• keep up with the times
• kill time
• killing time
• kipper time
• Krasnoyarsk Time
• lag time
• lake retention time
• land before time
• lap time
• last time
• latency time
• latent time
• laytime
• lead-time
• lead time
• least time
• left ventricular ejection time
• leisure time
• lethal time
• lifetime
• lighting-up time
• light time
• like the new time
• linear time
• linear time-invariant
• linear time-varying
• link time
• lived time
• live time
• load time
• local sidereal time
• local solar time
• local time
• lock-time
• lock time
• longitudinal relaxation time
• longtime
• long-time
• long time
• long time coming
• long time no see
• lookahead time
• look-back time
• lose no time
• lose time
• lunchtime
• lunch-time
• Lyapunov time
• MAC time
• Madras time
• magnetic local time
• main standard time
• make a time
• make good time
• make time
• make time with
• make up for lost time
• man versus time
• many a time
• many a time and oft
• many a time and often
• many is the time
• many's the time
• many time
• many times
• march-time
• mark time
• Mauritius Time
• maximum holding time
• maximum seek time
• Maxwell time
• Maytime
• may you live in interesting times
• meal-time, mealtime
• mean free time
• mean hitting time
• mean solar time
• mean survival time
• mean time
• meantime
• mean time
• median effective time
• median lethal time
• median survival time
• methods-time measurement
• me time
• metric time
• Middle Eastern Time
• Middle European Time
• midtime
• military time
• minimum seek time
• minimum connecting time
• missing time
• the mists of time
• mixing time
• modern times
• morning-time
• morning time
• Moscow Time
• Mountain Daylight Time
• Mountain Time
• move with the times
• musical time
• naptime
• near real time
• needle time
• neither the time nor the place
• Nepal Time
• network option time
• network time
• Network Time Protocol
• New Zealand Daylight Time
• Newtonian time
• NEXPTIME
• next time
• nick-time
• nighttime
• night time
• non-archimedean time
• non-Archimedean time
• non-deterministic polynomial time
• non-deterministic polynomial time
• nonuniform polynomial-time
• non-uniform polynomial-time
• noontime
• noon-time
• normal time
• not afore time
• not before time
• no time
• no time at all
• no-time
• no time like the present
• not ready for prime time
• Novosibirsk Time
• now's the time
• NP time
• NTIME
• occurrence time
• of all time
• offset time
• offtime
• off-time
• off time
• oftentime
• oftentimes
• oft-time
• ofttimes
• oft-times
• old as time
• old as time itself
• olden time
• olden times
• olde tyme
• Old Father Time
• old time
• old times
• old tyme
• Omsk Time
• on a time
• once upon a time
• one-stage prothrombin time
• one's time is one's own
• onetime
• one-time
• one time and another
• one-way light time
• one-way time
• one-word-at-a-time
• only time will tell
• on one's own time
• on time
• open assembly time
• opening time
• open time
• operating time
• Operation Market Time
• Ordinary Time
• othertimes
• other-times
• out of one's time
• out of time
• over time
• overtime
• Pacific Daylight Time
• Pacific Time
• P-A conduction time
• partial thromboplastin time
• part-time
• passage of time
• passing of time
• pass the time
• pastime
• past time, past times
• Patients Out of Time
• peacetime
• peace-time
• peace in our time
• pea-time
• perfect time
• perfumed terms of the time
• period of time
• pessimistic time
• P-H conduction time
• Philippine Time
• philosophy and space and time
• physiological time
• place manner time
• Planck time
• play for time
• playing time
• playtime
• please-time
• Plundering Time
• Poincaré recurrence time
• point in time
• polarisation time
• polarization time
• polynomial time
• POSIX time
• post time
• preparation time
• prep time
• pressed for time
• presstime
• press time
• primary time
• prime time
• principle of least time
• process time
• processing time
• processor time
• procrastination is the thief of time
• procurement lead time
• propagation time
• proper time
• prothrombin time

• pro time
• pseudo-polynomial time
• pseudotime
• psychophysical time
• pudding-time
• pudding time
• pulse decay time
• pulse repetition time
• pulse-time modulation
• pumping time
• push time
• quadratic time
• quadruple time
• quality time
• question time
• Quick's thrombin time
• quick time
• quiesce time
• quintuple time
• quitting-time
• ragtime
• railway time
• randomised polynomial time
• randomized polynomial time
• reaction time
• realtime
• real-time
• real time
• real-world time
• reap-time
• reasonable time
• recalcification time
• receiving time
• recoat time
• recognition time
• recovery time
• recurrence time
• recycling time
• redeem the time
• reduced time
• reference time
• reframing time
• regulation time
• relative time
• relaxation time
• released time
• release time
• repetition time
• reptilase time
• reserve the balance of time
• residence time
• response time
• retarded time
• retention time
• return time
• reverberation time
• revisit time
• riding time
• ring-time
• rise time
• rough time of it
• round-trip delay time
• round-trip light time
• round-trip time
• running time
• runtime
• run time
• Russell's viper venom clotting time
• Russell's viper venom time
• rustle time
• rutey-time
• sack time
• Samoa Time
• sands of time
• Sandringham time
• sandwich time
• school-time, schooltime
• screen time
• seating time
• second happy time
• sedimentation time
• seedtime
• seed-time
• seek time
• sensation time
• serve the time
• serve time
• setting time
• settling time
• setup time
• set-up time
• Seychelles Time
• shepster time
• shop time
• shortening time
• shortest remaining time
• short time
• show somebody a good time
• showtime
• show time
• shriving-time
• sidereal time
• sign of the times
• simple time
• single time
• sinoatrial conduction time
• sinoatrial recovery time
• slot time
• slow time
• slowing-down time
• small time
• socially necessary labour time
• sojourn time
• solar time
• some of the time
• sometime
• some time
• sometimes
• some time yet
• spacecraft clock time
• Spacecraft Event Time
• spacetime
• space-time
• space-time trade-off
• spare time
• speech time
• spindown time
• spin-down time
• spin-lattice relaxation time
• spin-spin relaxation time
• spinup time
• spin-up time
• split-time
• springtime
• spring-time
• spring time
• squeaky bum time
• Sri Lanka Time
• standard time
• Standard Zone Time
• standby time
• stand the test of time
• starting time
• start time
• startup time
• Starving Time
• stay time
• step time
• stimulus-response time
• stoppage time
• stopping time
• stop-time
• storage time
• story time
• straight time
• Stypven time
• subjective time
• subquadratic time
• sudden-death overtime
• sugartime
• summertime
• summer-time
• summer time
• superposition in time
• suppertime
• supper-time
• survival time
• Swatch Internet Time
• synodic time
• system real-time
• system time
• T1 relaxation time
• T2 relaxation time
• tact time
• takt time
• Taiwan Time
• take one's time
• take the time
• take time
• take Time by the forelock
• take Time by the top
• talk time
• teatime
• tea-time
• tee time
• tell the time, tell time
• term-time
• terrestrial dynamical time
• terrestrial time
• Terrestrial Time
• test of time
• that time
• there's a first time for everything
• there's a good time coming
• there's a time and a place for everything
• there's no time like the present
• thermal death time
• thermal relaxation time
• they'll do it every time
• thickening time
• think time
• this is neither the time nor the place
• this is no time for
• this time
• three-four time
• three-quarter time
• thrombin clotting time
• thrombin time
• tide nor time tarrieth no man
• till time
• time about
• time account
• time adverbial
• time after bit
• time after time
• time agnosia
• time agreement
• time algorithm
• time-aligned
• time alignment
• time and again
• time and a half
• time and frequency transfer
• time and material
• time and methods engineering
• time-and-motion expert
• time and motion expert
• time-and-motion study
• time and motion study
• time and tide
• time and time again
• time-assignment speech interpolation
• time-attack
• time attack
• time-average
• time average
• time back
• time-ball
• time ball
• time-bandwidth product
• time bank
• timebanking
• time-banking
• time-bargain
• time bargain
• time-barred
• timebase
• time base
• time-based currency
• time-beguiling
• time being
• time-bettering
• time-bewasted
• time-bill
• time bill
• time bind
• time-binding
• time-bomb
• time bomb
• time-book
• time book
• time-bound measure
• time-bound programme
• timebox
• time boxing
• time-candle
• time capsule
• timecard
• time-card
• time card
• time-catch
• time-catcher
• time-challenged
• time-change
• time change
• time chart
• time-charter
• time charter
• time check
• time-clause
• time clause
• time clock
• timecode
• time code
• time-compensated gain
• time complexity
• Time Complex Simulator
• time compression
• time-constant
• time constant
• time constraint
• time-constructible function
• time-consuming
• time control
• time copy
• time-course
• time cross section
• time curve
• time cycle
• time decay
• time deixis
• time-delay
• time delay
• time-dependent
• time deposit
• time derivative
• time-detector
• time detector
• time difference
• time differential
• time dilation
• time dilatation
• time-disc
• time discipline
• time discount
• time-distance
• time diversification
• time diversity
• time-division
• time division
• time domain
• time draft
• time elapsed counter
• time-element
• time element insurance
• time enough
• time evolution
• time-expired
• time-exposed
• time-exposure
• time exposure
• time factor
• time famine
• time fault
• time-fellow
• time flies
• time for print
• timeframe
• time-frame
• time frame
• time frequency adverbial
• time-frequency analysis
• time-frequency representation
• time front
• timeful
• timefuse
• time-fuse
• time fuze
• time-gain compensation
• time gentlemen please
• time-globe
• time gun
• time hangs heavily
• time hangs heavy
• time has come
• time heals all wounds
• time hedge
• time hierarchy theorem
• time history

• time-homogeneous Markovian type
• time-honored
• time-honoured
• time hopping
• time inconsistency
• time horizon
• time immemorial
• time-independent
• time integration
• time interval
• time-invariant
• time is a great healer
• time is money
• time is of the essence
• time is ripe
• timeist
• time is up
• timekeeper
• time-keeper
• timekeeping
• time-keeping
• time-killer
• time-killing
• Time Lady
• time-lag
• time lag
• time lamp
• time lapse
• time-lapse
• timeless
• time letter of credit
• timelike
• time-like
• time-limit
• time limit
• timeline
• time-line
• time line
• timeling
• time loan
• time-lock
• time lock
• time loop
• time loop logic
• timely
• time machine
• time management
• time manner place
• time-marker
• time marker
• time-memory trade-off
• time marketing
• time migration
• time money
• time-motion study
• time-night
• time note
• time of arrival
• time-of-check-to-time-of-use bug
• time of concentration
• time of day
• time of death
• time of delivery
• time of departure
• time-off
• time off
• time-of-flight
• time offset
• time of grace
• time of life
• time of memory
• time of night
• time of occurrence
• time of one's life
• time of origin
• time of pericenter passage
• time of pericentre passage
• time of pitch
• time of the end
• time of the month
• time of travel
• Time of Troubles
• time-of-use meter
• time-of-use rates
• time of useful consciousness
• time of year
• time-on
• time-one map, time-one mapping
• time optimal control problem
• time order
• time-ordered
• time ordering
• timeous
• timeout
• time-out
• time out
• time out of mind
• time parameter
• time parameter space
• time past
• time-payment
• time pencil
• time perception
• time period
• time phase
• timepiece
• time, place or manner restriction
• time plan
• timepleaser
• time-pleaser
• time-point
• time point set
• time-policy
• time policy
• time porn
• time preference
• time premium
• time pressure
• time projection chamber
• time quantum
• time-rate
• time-release
• time-resolved
• time reversal
• times
• time-sampling
• times and often
• time's arrow
• timesaver
• time-saver
• timesaving
• time-saving
• timescale
• time-scale
• time scale
• time section
• time sense
• time series
• time series animation
• time served
• time-served
• timeserver
• time-server
• time-service
• timeserving
• time-serving
• timeshare
• time-share
• time-sharing
• time sheet
• time-sheet
• timesheet
• timeshift channel
• timeshifting
• Timewheel
• time-shifting
• time shifting
• time-shutter
• time-sight
• time-signal
• time signal
• time-signature
• time signature
• times immemorial
• Time Simulator
• timesink
• time slice
• timeslot
• time slot
• timesome
• times on base
• time-space
• timespan
• times past
• time/space complexity
• time-space compression
• time-space grid
• time-span reduction
• time spent listening
• time-spirit
• time spirit
• time spread
• timestamp
• time-stamp
• time stamp
• time standard
• time step
• times to be
• times to come
• time stop
• timestream
• time stream
• timestretching
• time stretching
• time structure
• time study
• timesuck
• time's up
• time-switch
• time switch
• times without number
• timetable
• time-taker
• time-taking
• time term
• time test
• time-tested
• time-thrust
• time to come
• time to digital converter
• time to expiry
• time to kill
• time to live
• time-to-market
• time to market
• time to maturity
• time to progression
• time trace
• time track
• time-tracking software
• time trade
• time train
• time transfer
• time travel
• time trial
• Time-Triggered Protocol
• time trouble
• time unit
• time unit box system
• time until expiration
• time use research
• time use survey
• time-value
• time value
• time value of money
• time value premium
• Time Variance Authority
• time-variant
• time-varied gain control
• time-varying
• time wage
• time-waiter
• timeward
• time warp
• time was
• timewaster
• time-waster
• timewasting
• time-wasting
• time-watch
• timewave
• time-weighted
• time will tell
• time window
• timewise
• timework
• time-work
• time work
• timeworn
• time-worn
• time zone, time-zone
• timish
• timist
• timous
• Tipper and See-Saw Time
• tissue thromboplastin inhibition time
• total running time
• total story time
• to time
• track-to-track seek time
• transaction time
• transition time
• transmission time
• transtime
• transverse relaxation time
• travel time
• traveltime
• triple time
• true time
• tunneling time
• tunnelling time
• turnaround time
• turn-off time
• turn-on time
• two-four time
• two-part time
• two-time
• two-way traveltime
• undern-time
• under-time
• undertime
• unit of time
• unity of time
• universal time
• Unix time
• unproductive time
• until such time as
• untime
• unto time
• upon a time
• up to time
• uptime
• user time
• utilisation time
• utilization time
• Uzbekistan Time
• vacation-time
• valid time
• vampire time
• vintage time
• voice onset time
• wait time
• waiting time
• waketime
• wall-clock time
• wall time
• waltz-time
• wartime
• war time
• Washington meridian time
• waste of time
• waste one's time
• waste-time
• waste time
• West Africa Time
• Western European Time
• wet edge time
• whale of a time
• what do you make the time?
• what in time
• what is the time?
• what's the time?
• what time
• what time do you make it?
• what time is it?
• wheel of time
• when the time comes
• whiting-time
• whole blood coagulation time
• wholetime
• whole-time
• why in time
• wikitime
• windshield time
• wintertime
• winter-time
• within the agreed time
• without time
• word time
• work time
• working time
• worst-case execution time
• Yukon Time
• zonetime
• zone time
• Z time
• zulu time
• Zulu time

• Danish: tage tid (da)
• Estonian: aega võtma (et)
• Finnish: ottaa aika (fi), kellottaa (fi)
• French: chronométrer (fr)
• German: Zeit (de) nehmen (de), Zeit stoppen (de), Zeit messen (de)
• Greek: χρονομετρώ (khronometró)
• Icelandic: mæla tímann á (is), tímamæla (is)

• Kurdish: وه‌خت گرتن
• Mandarin: 計時 (cmn)
• Norwegian: ta tid (no)
• Portuguese: cronometrar (pt)
• Spanish: cronometrar (es)
• Swedish: ta tid (sv) på
• Thai: จับเวลา (th) (jàp way-laa)

• Czech: načasovat (human decision), časovat (of a device)
• Danish: time (da) (human decision), tidsindstille (da) (of a device)
• Estonian: ajastama (et)
• Finnish: ajoittaa (human decision), ajastaa (of a device)

• German: timen (de), Zeitpunkt (de) wählen (de)
• Icelandic: tímasetja (is) (human decision), tímastilla (is) (of a device)
• Italian: fissare (it), programmare (it)
• Swedish: tajma (sv) (human decision), tidsinställa (sv) (of a device)

• Esperanto: kronometri, registri la daŭron de
• Interlingua: chronometrar
• Vietnamese: thoi gian