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Real time describes something happening now or something that is being broadcast over the exact number of minutes, seconds or hours the event is taking. (adjective)

An example of real time is when journalists show live footage from an accident scene.

See real time in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See real time in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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