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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lake retention time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
lake re-ten-tion -time
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water, or some dissolved substance, spends in a particular lake.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lake retention times (plural)

Phrases

detention time

Frequently Paired Words

detention time

Questions

What does lake retention time mean?
A calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water, or some dissolved substance, spends in a particular lake.

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