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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The time period in which personnel may remain in a restricted area of a reactor before accumulating a certain permissible occupational dose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear energy
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noun
Something that halts or arrests the passage of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, obsolete, uncountable
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History
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