residence time
noun
: the duration of persistence of a mass or substance in a medium or place (such as the atmosphere)
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Most geologists who work with zircon would agree that zircon doesn't give us magma residence time, that is the time since the magma first formed.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2012
The bacterial transfer rate to food decreased as the bacterial residence time on the surface increased from 2, 4, 8 to 24 h with transfers of 6.5, 4.8, 4.6 and 3.9 log CFU ml(-1) in the rinse solutions, respectively.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2014
Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2012
The bacterial transfer rate to food decreased as the bacterial residence time on the surface increased from 2, 4, 8 to 24 h with transfers of 6.5, 4.8, 4.6 and 3.9 log CFU ml(-1) in the rinse solutions, respectively.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2014
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