Stay time

Noun

Definitions

1.NounOf 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.NounThe time period in which personnel may remain in a restricted area of a reactor before accumulating a certain permissible occupational dose.

3.NounSomething that halts or arrests the passage of time.

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