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detention time

detention time 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.

Noun

detention time (countable and uncountable, plural detention times)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Forms of detention time

pluraldetention times

Questions about detention time

What does detention time mean?
Detention time means 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.
What part of speech is detention time?
Detention time is a noun.
What is the plural of detention time?
The plural of detention time is detention times.

Words near detention time in the dictionary

  1. detention homes
  2. detention officer
  3. detention officers
  4. detention pond
  5. detention ponds
  6. detention time
  7. detention times
  8. detention warrant
  9. detention warrants
  10. detentions
  11. detentive

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