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stay times

stay times is the plural of stay time.

Meaning of stay time

Noun

stay time (countable and uncountable, plural stay times)

  1. Of the usage of a rocket engine, the mean value of the amount of time spent by each gas molecule or atom within the chamber volume.
  2. (nuclear energy) The time period in which personnel may remain in a restricted area of a reactor before accumulating a certain permissible occupational dose.
  3. (dated, obsolete) Something that halts or arrests the passage of time.

Questions about stay times

What is stay times the plural of?
Stay times is the plural of stay time.

Words near stay times in the dictionary

  1. stay tackles
  2. stay the course
  3. stay the distance
  4. stay the night
  5. stay time
  6. stay times
  7. stay together
  8. stay tuned
  9. stay up
  10. stay within the lines
  11. stay'd

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