dwell time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The rear readers, which let riders board at either set of bus doors, will reduce the amount of dwell time a bus spends loading and unloading riders.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
So-called dwell time, or the lag between when a container is unloaded and when it leaves on a truck, has fallen, from 12 to 15 days last year to three to five days today.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
This will allow more dwell time for attack missions, enabling pilots to better search for and pinpoint specific targets.
From Fox News ● Jun. 1, 2020
At first these two uses of dwell time may sound similar enough.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2019
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