Decreasing count indicating the time (typically in seconds) remaining before an event is scheduled to occur.
1At T minus thirty seconds Cortana dumped power into the Slipspace capacitors.
2NASA launch director Robert Sieck prolonged a planned 'hold' at T minus nine minutes.
3We're at T minus three minutes and counting.
4You are at T minus five minutes.
5T minus 15, standby for terminal count.
6At T minus four minutes Harris called for another status report, and everyone checked in by the numbers.
7The countdown had just reached T minus five when Tarkin was yanked forward, nearly completely off his feet.
8" T minus thirty and counting," the specialist in the data pit announced.
9But McCain was leaving the next morning, so the countdown clock was actually set closer to T minus twelve hours.
10" T minus pumpkin in ten hours," I said, consulting my watch.
12"Sir, the quarry is due at T minus one hundred twenty."
13'T minus two minutes,' said the cabin radio.
14At T minus eight seconds, thousands of gallons of water were dumped beneath the launchpad to suppress the roar of the engines.
15At T minus five, the onboard computers opened the valves to allow liquid oxygen and hydrogen to travel into the main engines.
16That means it's T minus 19 days until the Big Aristotle is commenting on his old partner in crime -Kobe Bryant.