Tidsdelat

Tidsdelat is a Swedish adjective meaning divided into time intervals or allocated across time. The term is used to describe processes, resources, data, or plans that are segmented in time, often to improve control, predictability, or efficiency.

Etymology: formed from tid (time) and del (part) with the suffix -at, which converts the compound into a participial adjective.

In planning and scheduling, tidsdelat planning means tasks are assigned to specific time slots, enabling staggered workloads and easier monitoring. In telecommunications and broadcasting, it relates to time-division concepts such as time-division multiplexing, where multiple signals share a channel by occupying non-overlapping time slots. In data collection, tidsdelat observation implies measurements taken at defined time intervals.

The term is commonly discussed in Swedish-language technical and management literature and is often used alongside tidsdelning (time division) to describe how time is partitioned for operation or analysis. It can be applied across industries, from project management to IT systems, to convey the idea of temporal segmentation as a design or analysis principle.

See also: tidsdelning; time-division multiplexing.