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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
stay time en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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(countable, qualifier:nuclear energy, uncountable) The time period in which personnel may remain in a restricted area of a reactor before accumulating a certain permissible occupational dose.
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(countable, dated, obsolete, uncountable) Something that halts or arrests the passage of time.
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