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detention time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
de-ten-tion -time
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of time that water is retained in a basin or vessel, or the elapsed time of the water entering a settling basin until it flows out the other end.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The total amount of time that a truck and its driver must wait at a shipping or receiving facility to load or unload their truck beyond the scheduled appointment time.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

detention times (plural)

Phrases

lake retention time

Frequently Paired Words

lake retention time

Questions

What does detention time mean?
The amount of time that water is retained in a basin or vessel, or the elapsed time of the water entering a settling basin until it flows out the other end.

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