Countdown [noun]

By agreement, the countdown was to be broadcast to all aircraft over one of the airport frequencies.

"Four minutes to final countdown," blockhouse control replied.

From the loud-speaker atop the massive block-house came the countdown.

I strap down on the couch which fills half the compartment, countdown begins and at zero the floor is suddenly down once more.

During my countdown of five seconds you will build up to the greatest possible potential.

It was like the countdown for a rocket firing, Rick thought.

The next night, the big news was the countdown in process at Canaveral to put a functioning "dome" on the moon.

There was no reason to suppose that the warhead had been temperature-controlled during the pre-launch countdown.

He hoped the launching crew had gotten their fingers frozen off while they were going through the countdown.

Although attentive, he was not tense, even during the countdown.