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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Ye Guangfu has now also broken the record for residence time in orbit for Chinese astronauts, becoming the first taikonaut to have accumulated more than one year of flight time.
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Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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.
—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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Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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.
—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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“Residence time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residence%20time. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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