Decreasing count indicating the time (typically in seconds) remaining before an event is scheduled to occur.
1 At T minus thirty seconds Cortana dumped power into the Slipspace capacitors.
2 NASA launch director Robert Sieck prolonged a planned 'hold' at T minus nine minutes.
3 We're at T minus three minutes and counting.
4 You are at T minus five minutes.
5 T minus 15, standby for terminal count.
6 At T minus four minutes Harris called for another status report, and everyone checked in by the numbers.
7 The 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.
9 But 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.
14 At T minus eight seconds, thousands of gallons of water were dumped beneath the launchpad to suppress the roar of the engines.
15 At T minus five, the onboard computers opened the valves to allow liquid oxygen and hydrogen to travel into the main engines.
16 That means it's T minus 19 days until the Big Aristotle is commenting on his old partner in crime -Kobe Bryant.
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