time-sensitive

adj

1. (Chemistry) physically changing as time passes

2. only relevant or applicable for a short period of time

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Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the leader in Ethernet test and measurement, has successfully supported Chinas first industrial network equipment interoperability test for time-sensitive networks (TSN).

China : Spirent Supports Alliance of Industrial Internet with First TSN Equipment Interoperability Test in China

The company controls 44% of the market capacity for express, or time-sensitive, shipments and has seen earnings grow by 17% a year, on average, over the past five years, the author notes.

FedEx ups game amid e-commerce growth, Barron's says

In the latest, researchers tested drone delivery of human kidney to see if the method is viable for the time-sensitive task.

First-ever drone-delivery of kidney yields promising results

He pointed out that the patients are always ready to receive a call for an organ and it is rare for doctors to encounter issues reaching the recipient during the time-sensitive moment, when the heart or lung organ has been made available.

Patients on organ donor list await 'call of their life'

Work is anticipated to take place throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii and will facilitate time-sensitive disaster, infrastructure, and construction support such as flood recovery, emergency management, military construction, hazardous waste recovery, and munitions work.

RELYANT Global Awarded $95M Rapid Disaster Infrastructure Response Contract

Missouri, US-based 1st Choice Delivery provides last-mile delivery services in the central Midwest for pharmaceutical distributers, office product suppliers and other time-sensitive commodities.

Deal snapshot: NORTHERN PACIFIC ACQUIRES 2 US LAST MILE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS

California, US-based 4SameDay provides scheduled and on-demand last-mile distribution services in southern California to pharmaceutical distributers and other companies that require time-sensitive deliveries of items of value.

Northern Pacific Acquires 2 US Last-Mile Delivery Service Providers

The Facebook-owned messaging app is taking a page out of Snapchat's patented time-sensitive posts and rolling out a variation of its own.

WhatsApp copies Snapchat 'Stories' feature

Recognising the inadequacy of most network infrastructures for handling such time-sensitive data, industrial suppliers, IT vendors and electronics makers are collaborating to update the standard Ethernet protocol to a next-generation Ethernet standard called time-sensitive networking (TSN).

Time sensitive Ethernet controls critical data: industrial systems deal with mission-critical data that must be transferred and shared within strict bounds of latency and reliability. Important messages must not be held up by idle network chat! Can Ethernet step up to the plate?

UPS service caters to urgent, time-sensitive, and high-value international heavyweight shipments over 70kg

UPS Worldwide Express Freight expands to Qatar

The messages were generally time-sensitive, with the State Department having a narrow window to give input before strikes were carried out.

Clinton emails probed by FBI discussed drone strike plans in Pakistan

UPS said individuals and companies of varying sizes can use it, but it's geared toward shippers with time-sensitive international shipment and is available in 65 countries that make up 91 percent of global GDP.