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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The reactors provide a minimum of two seconds residence time at high temperature—sufficient to reach thermal equilibrium—but are designed for up to six seconds for robustness and complete molecular breakdown.
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David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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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David Blekhman, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
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.
—Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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 4 Nov. 2025.
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