dwell time

plural dwell times

1. The length of time that a thing or person remains in a given state.
   1. uncountableusuallyengineeringThe period of time that a system or element of a system remains in a given state.

      The part needs a total dwell time in the autoclave of 95 minutes.

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      The drone has a dwell time of about six hours when operating from an in-theater airfield.

      The twist drill needs a total dwell time of 500 milliseconds at the bottom of the hole.

   2. uncountableusuallygovernmentThe duty time soldiers have at their domestic home base between foreign deployments.
   3. InternetuncountableusuallybusinessThe amount of time that a user spends on a certain page or site.
   4. uncountableusuallyeconomicsThe amount of time a container is sitting onshore before being loaded onto trucks.
   5. uncountableusuallybusinessThe amount of time that an antenna beam spends on a target.
   6. uncountableusuallytransportThe duration of a stop made by a train, tram or other transport vehicle to allow passengers to board or alight.

      Due to overcrowding, the train network is experiencing very long dwell times.

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      Mr Thomas also confirmed that dwell times at New Street [Birmingham] are being examined to assess whether lengthening these would give the service more resilience, ...

      2019 October, “Chase Line service to be split next May”, in Modern Railways, page 17

      "In 14 years of operation, we have never once delayed a passenger train," Griffiths stresses. We load at Leicester in a 90-second dwell time.[…].

      2026 July 22, Richard Wilcock, “The return of Red Star?”, in RAIL, number 2066, page 35

2. uncountableusuallySynonym of contact time.

   Synonyms: contact time