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recovery times

recovery times is the plural of recovery time.

Meaning of recovery time

Noun

recovery time (plural recovery times)

  1. Additional time built into a train timetable to allow the train to recover from any delays en route, without arriving at its destination late according to the published arrival time.
    • Actually, the point-to-point times in general were not varied; the additions were all in the form of blocks of recovery time over certain selected stretches of line.1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 475

Questions about recovery times

What is recovery times the plural of?
Recovery times is the plural of recovery time.

Words near recovery times in the dictionary

  1. recovery room
  2. recovery rooms
  3. recovery time
  4. recovery time objective
  5. recovery time objectives
  6. recovery times
  7. recovery truck
  8. recovery trucks
  9. recovery vehicle
  10. recovery vehicles
  11. recovre

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