lake retention time

noun

A calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water, or some dissolved substance, spends in a particular lake.

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Meanings

nounlake retention time (countable and uncountable, plural lake retention times)

plural lake retention times

  1. countableuncountablegeographyA calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water, or some dissolved substance, spends in a particular lake.
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