stay time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Of the usage of a rocket engine, the mean value of the amount of time spent by each gas molecule or atom within the chamber volume.
  2. The time period in which personnel may remain in a restricted area of a reactor before accumulating a certain permissible occupational dose.
  3. Something that halts or arrests the passage of time.

Word forms

stay time stay times
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