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| Domain | Definition |
Health | In peritoneal dialysis, the amount of time a bag of dialysate remains in the patient's abdominal cavity during an exchange. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The interval for which contact points are closed in an engine distributor, usually specified in degrees; also, the time that a fuel remains in the combustion chamber of a jet engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | The period of time that a public transport vehicle or train spends, or should spend, in a station, from the moment of stopping to that of restarting, and including door opening, passenger unloading and loading, and door closure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DWELL TIME |
| Specialty definitions using "DWELL TIME": MACHINE SETTER-AND-REPAIRER ♦ REPAIRER, WELDING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | With CAPD, the dialysis solution stays in your abdomen for a dwell time of 4 to 6 hours (or more). (references) | |
The period that dialysis solution is in your abdomen is called the dwell time. Next, you drain the dialysis solution back into the bag for disposal. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dwell time | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DWELL TIME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tid for doere i aaben stilling, stationsopholdsvarighed (station stop time), målepunkt, holdetid (stopped time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tijd dat de deur werkelijk open blijft, tationoponthoudsduur (station stop time), stoptijd (station stop time), rusttijd (break, rest, rest interval, rest pause), monstertijd, haltetijd (station stop time), aandruktijd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | viipymisaika, pysähtymisaika asemalla (station stop time), puristusaika, oven aukioloaika, kosketuskulma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | durée d'arrêt en station, temps de séjour, temps de maintien des portes ouvertes, temps d'échantillonnage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zeit des Probedurchlaufs, Verweilzeit (dwell), Tueroffenhaltezeit, Schließdauer, Presszeit, Kontaktdauer, Haltestellenaufenthaltszeit (station stop time). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χρόνος παραμονής πόρτας στην ανοιχτή θέση, χρόνος παραμονής (chemical lifetime, chemical residence time, dwell, lifetime, residence time, sojourn time), χρόνος αναμονής στη στάση (station stop time), χρόνος δειγματοληψίας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tempo di stazionamento con porte aperte, tempo di sosta alla fermata (station stop time), tempo di sosta, tempo di campionamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elldway imetay tempo de paragem, tempo de imobilização na estação (station stop time), tempo de ignição, tempo de espera na estação (station stop time), tempo de espera (break in the work, dead time, delay time, down time, latency, logistics time, time stood-off, waiting time), tempo de amostragem. (various references) tiempo de toma de muestras, tiempo de permanencia (residence time), tiempo de paro en una estación (station stop time), tiempo de parada en estación (station stop time), tiempo de parada (stopped time). (various references) dörröppettid, tid för stationsuppehåll (station stop time), presstid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-l-l-m-t-w" | |
-2 letters: twilled. | |
-3 letters: delime, itemed, lilted, melled, melted, mewled, mildew, milled, millet, milted, tilled, welled, wellie, welted, willed, willet, wilted. | |
-4 letters: demit, dwell, dwelt, edile, elemi, elide, elite, limed, meted, mewed, mille, tewed, tilde, tiled, timed, tweed, twill, wedel, wield, wiled, wited. | |
-5 letters: deem, deet, deil, dele, deli, dell, delt, deme, diel, diet, dill, dime. | |
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